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update - solved it myself! just thought I'l put it here in case anyone else needs the info
For username bobby the private time machine (hidden) smb address is
\\nas\bobby's timemachine
yes that's a space - which is a bit silly... also I do know that mac uses a different ' character for some things - if you have an issue copy it from this line!
update - solved it myself! just thought I'l put it here in case anyone else needs the info
For username bobby the private time machine (hidden) smb address is
\\nas\bobby's timemachine
yes that's a space - which is a bit silly... also I do know that mac uses a different ' character for some things - if you have an issue copy it from this line!
For general info with anyone attempting to Time Machine backup to a NAS share. I enabled Time Machine in Front View on my ReadyNAS and event though I went to Time Machine in OSX [10.14.6] and could see the NAS share it kept erroring out when giving it the correct login credentials. This video explained how creating a sparse bundle image first, moving it to the NAS volume, telling Time Machine in terminal where it was located ACTUALLY worked for me:
