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sevilabear
Sep 17, 2013Aspirant
Time Machine using OSX Mavericks
Update: Please check you are running new enough firmware first: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=409701#p409701 Hello there, I have a Macbook Air running OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) ba...
gobigdave
Dec 28, 2013Aspirant
Hard to know what the deal is, but I got it to work by renaming my computer (under System Preferences -> Sharing).
Original Name: Family iMac
1st try: FamilyiMac
This failed with the same error.
2nd try: family
The backup is now progressing along. It will be a while to cover the 500+ GB that I have, but I'm a lot farther along than I was.
Perhaps there is some new problem with 10.9.1 and computer names that have spaces and/or mixed case?
Original Name: Family iMac
1st try: FamilyiMac
This failed with the same error.
2nd try: family
The backup is now progressing along. It will be a while to cover the 500+ GB that I have, but I'm a lot farther along than I was.
Perhaps there is some new problem with 10.9.1 and computer names that have spaces and/or mixed case?
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