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Making Time Machine work with the ReadyNAS
The step-by-step how-to can be found here.
I followed the steps and managed to get my MacBook to do the Time Machine dance with my new ReadyNAS Duo. I had created a new user for myself on the Duo and made it different than the short name on my MacBook.
When I changed the username on the Duo to the same shortname of my MacBook account (thought it was a good idea), Time Machine stopped working. I didn't know what was going on, and then I saw an earlier post about making sure the shortname is different than the Duo backup username if you want to restore, so I changed it back, and voila, it started working again.
Not sure why that's the case -- I made my TM backup share to be publicly available and open for read/write. Very strange, but maybe someone can put the pieces together to understand what Time Machine is doing....
When I changed the username on the Duo to the same shortname of my MacBook account (thought it was a good idea), Time Machine stopped working. I didn't know what was going on, and then I saw an earlier post about making sure the shortname is different than the Duo backup username if you want to restore, so I changed it back, and voila, it started working again.
Not sure why that's the case -- I made my TM backup share to be publicly available and open for read/write. Very strange, but maybe someone can put the pieces together to understand what Time Machine is doing....
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