Getting Time Machine to work with NAS Drives

Connect the drive and format it HFS+
for this example I will name it backup
Set it up as the Time Machine drive once formatted.
Go into system preferences and turn off Time Machine.
Go into FrontView and create a share, for this example I will name it backups, set a quota you want to use I did double my Mac's hard drive
Open terminal
type the following commands
cd /
cd Volumes
ls -a -l (make note of .00 filename)
cp ./backup/.00filename ./backups/.00filename
cp ./backup/.com.apple.timemachine.supported ./backups/.com.apple.timemachine.supported
sudo umount backup
sudo umount backups
then go back into Frontview and rename backups volume to backup
connect to ReadyNAS through finder afp://IPADDRESS
choose backup volume to connect to
Relaunch TimeMachine...
BAM!
From a link on xlr8yourmac.com
William

Eric S wrote:
Can anyone comment on whether this works reliably? I mean, it looks like Apple doesn't officially support it (given the complexity of the setup).
Eric
Previous posts from some users who have tried this found some problems (others have not). The conclusion stated by experienced users was that Apple pulled the NAS support at the last minute (also the Airport extreme limitation) due to less than reliable operation. Everyone seems to be waiting for Apple to solve the problem and issue

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Fototom wrote:
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MacBook Pro
15-inch, Mid 2010
8GB Ram
OS 10.8.2
No updates available ATT.
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---- Begin ----
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--- Console ---
1/13/13 11:57:59.988 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Starting manual backup
1/13/13 11:58:04.581 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: User continued after being warned of changed destination volume identity
1/13/13 11:58:04.623 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Big2TB/Backups.backupdb
1/13/13 11:58:04.628 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
1/13/13 11:58:05.156 AM mds[34]: (Warning) Server: No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputer"
1/13/13 11:58:06.336 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Forcing deep traversal on source: "MainMan" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 8A3A5598-7C8B-3753-ABA8-D980E60299A3 eventDBUUID: 23107488-4BC9-49FB-818D-226AE695DE06)
1/13/13 11:58:23.346 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Backup content size: 246.45 GB excluded items size: 12.21 GB for volume MainMan
1/13/13 11:58:23.368 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Found 910640 files (234.23 GB) needing backup
1/13/13 11:58:23.370 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: 281.08 GB required (including padding), 2 TB available
1/13/13 11:58:23.388 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
1/13/13 11:59:23.443 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
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1/13/13 12:00:02.530 PM Dock[259]: CGSBindWindow: Unable to obtain window information
1/13/13 12:00:02.531 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x415
1/13/13 12:00:02.531 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1044
1/13/13 12:00:02.531 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x414
1/13/13 12:00:02.532 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1043
1/13/13 12:00:02.532 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x413
1/13/13 12:00:04.481 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXGetWindowType: Invalid window 1066
1/13/13 12:00:04.481 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x42a
1/13/13 12:00:04.481 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x42a
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1065
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x429
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1064
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x428
1/13/13 12:00:23.497 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
1/13/13 12:01:23.549 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
1/13/13 12:01:44.830 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F5010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[1541]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/13/13 12:01:44.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1541 [xpcd]
1/13/13 12:01:49.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
1/13/13 12:01:49.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
1/13/13 12:02:15.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF:          7419.448          AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction past the completion deadline on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 2)
1/13/13 12:02:21.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF:          7425.451          AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 0)
1/13/13 12:02:27.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF:          7431.454          AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 0)
1/13/13 12:02:58.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF:          7462.473          AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction past the completion deadline on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 2)
1/13/13 12:05:37.068 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXGetWindowInfo: Invalid window 1196
1/13/13 12:05:37.068 PM Dock[259]: CGSBindWindow: Unable to obtain window information
1/13/13 12:05:37.068 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x4ac
1/13/13 12:05:37.069 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1195
1/13/13 12:05:37.069 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x4ab
1/13/13 12:05:37.070 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1194
1/13/13 12:05:37.070 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x4aa
1/13/13 12:06:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:44.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:50.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:55.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:11.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:22.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:27.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:27.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x5
1/13/13 12:07:27.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: end_transaction: only wrote 0 of 389120 bytes to the journal!
1/13/13 12:07:54.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:08:21.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
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1/13/13 12:08:23.122 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Stopping backup.
1/13/13 12:08:23.122 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/Adobe/AdobePatchFiles/{CFA1AAD1-DC10-413D-875E-2F5B8A78CB3B}.zip to /Volumes/Big2TB/Backups.backupdb/numeroeins/2013-01-13-115805.inProgress/376C91 FB-29D6-47F1-A29B-67D94CBD01BA/MainMan/Applications/Adobe/AdobePatchFiles
1/13/13 12:08:23.136 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Copied 817 files (572.1 MB) from volume MainMan.
1/13/13 12:08:23.136 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Copy stage failed with error:11
1/13/13 12:08:23.174 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.HostUUID path:/Volumes/Big2TB/Backups.backupdb/numeroeins size:37
1/13/13 12:08:33.228 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Backup failed with error: 11
1/13/13 12:08:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:09:15.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
---- End console ---
Attempted to copy over 2.8 GB of random data again. Failed.
Now the drive is completely useless until it is erased. Also will not eject properly anymore. Force eject took 3 minutes.
--- Console ---
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1/13/13 12:19:32.187 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
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1/13/13 12:20:05.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
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1/13/13 12:20:37.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:20:48.102 PM diskarbitrationd[49]: mds [34]:20995 not responding.
1/13/13 12:21:04.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:21:04.451 PM com.apple.kextd[11]: Can't create kext: invalid CFBundleVersion in identifier cache entry entry 339.
1/13/13 12:21:14.854 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x7b5
1/13/13 12:21:14.854 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: kCGErrorFailure: CGSSetHideOnDeact: error getting window tags
1/13/13 12:21:15.372 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: CGSCopyWindowColorSpace: Invalid window 0x7b5
1/13/13 12:21:22.606 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "com.apple.security.pboxd" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
1/13/13 12:21:23.060 PM com.apple.quicklook.satellite[1657]: bootstrap_look_up2 failed with 0x44c
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1/13/13 12:21:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1658) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
1/13/13 12:21:26.021 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: CGSReleaseWindow: Invalid window 1973
1/13/13 12:21:26.021 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: _NXTermWindow: error releasing window (1000)
1/13/13 12:21:27.775 PM sandboxd[1658]: ([1657]) QuickLookSatelli(1657) deny mach-lookup com.apple.PowerManagement.control
1/13/13 12:21:52.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:21:57.967 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:21:57.967 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:21:57.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:21:58.229 PM com.apple.kextd[11]: Can't create kext: invalid CFBundleVersion in identifier cache entry entry 339.
1/13/13 12:21:58.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: close: journal 0xffffff800908acc0, is invalid. aborting outstanding transactions
--- End Console ---
---- That's all folks! ----
Any help would be great!

The external drive is malfunctioning, or the data cable is bad, or you have another malfunctioning device on the bus, or there's an internal hardware fault.

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Good luck !!

How do I get Time Machine to "see" my NAS device?

I recently set up a Drobo 5N for NAS. It works fine with my iMac. That is, Time Machine on the desktop immediately found the storage device and appears to be backing up to it. However, Time Machine on my Macbook Pros on my home network do not see the device at all. They do show the Airport Extreme (the Drobo is attached to Airport Extreme via Ethernet). The Firewall on the Macbook Pro has been turned off. All other networking functions seem to work fine. All the computers in question are running Mountain Lion. Anyone have any idea how to fix this? Thanks.

Backing up to a third-party NAS with Time Machine, if it works at all, is risky, and unacceptably risky if it's your only backup. This is an example of what can happen.
If you want network backup with Time Machine, use as the destination either an Apple Time Capsule or an external hard drive connected to another Mac or a mini-tower (802.11ac) AirPort base station. Only the 802.11ac base station supports Time Machine, not any previous model.

Why Time Machine stopped working with Time Capsule?

I have my Time Capsule connected via Ethernet to my iMac and wirelessly to my MacBook. Several days ago I got a warning on the iMac saying "Time Machine couldn't complete the backup - an error occured while copying - may be temporary - if persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disc."
Well, first Tim Capsule will not appear in Disk Utility, so that instruction is absurd. I went to Airport Utility but all that appears there is a graphic of T.C. with no buttons to do anything. My Mac consultant, who doesn't use Time Capsule or T.M, told me to hook it up using USB instead of Ethernet and it would appear in Disk Utility. Before I try that, does it make sense? He also suggested trying it wirelesslessly if that doesn't work.
Incidently, during all this time the T.C. wireless backups of the MacBook have continued unabated.
One forum participant urged me to take the T.C. to Apple to get it fixed. I don't think the drive is in that bad shape or why would the MacBook backups to its partition continue without problem?
I cleaned the Ethernet cable, unplugged both ends and plugged back in. T.M. indicated it had backed up twice, but now it has displayed exactly the same warning again, and says the last backup was several days ago. What should I do? I've zapped the Pram, run permissions on the iMac HD, and deleted all the browers' cache files.

My Mac consultant, who doesn't use Time Capsule or T.M, told me to hook it up using USB instead of Ethernet and it would appear in Disk Utility. Before I try that, does it make sense?
Ah, no. The TC's USB port cannot be used for that purpose.
I recommend another Mac consultant - Apple Support Communities contributor Pondini. Start with this: http://pondini.org/TM/C3.html
There are a variety of possible causes for that message, so exhaust all the potential remedies.

Time Machine stopped working with new Mac address.

Greetings,
I have an IOMEGA 500, FireWire which I used to use for Time Machine. I now have a new Mac address and do not have access to the old Mac address. Is there any way that I can get the IOMEGA to start working with Time Machine? If so please give me step by steps instructions on how to make this external hard drive work again with Time Machine.
Any help is most appreciated.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

macuserr222 wrote:
Greetings,
I have an IOMEGA 500, FireWire which I used to use for Time Machine. I now have a new Mac address
Do you have a new Mac, or a new logic board? Either will get you a new MAC (Media Access Control) address, which Time Machine interprets as a different Mac.
Do you mean you haven't started doing backups of the new Mac, and want to view the old ones? If so, see #E2 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
If you want to use the old backups to set up a new Mac, see [Setting up a new Mac from an old one or its backups|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
When you do your first backup, OSX should ask how you want to handle the old backups. See #B5 in Troubleshooting for details.
If that's not what you mean, please explain exactly what's going on, and what happens when you try to do whatever you're doing.
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Time Machine back up with hard drive connected to D-Link DIR-655

Recently D-Link updated the share port utility with a mac version. I have heard that Time Machine does not easily recognize network shared hard drives but to my surprise this morning it did. With using the new software and hooking up my hard drive to my router Time machine recognized it! This is great since I dont have to buy a Time Capsule now.

First, since this is *unsupported by Apple,* there's nowhere to go when there's trouble.
Here's the official word: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1733
Second, you're risking a future update preventing it from working, and perhaps rendering your backups useless.
It's your choice, of course, but I wouldn't trust my primary backups to it.

Does Time Machine only work with external HDD's and Networks?

I have a Mac Mini that I just replaced the optical drive with a hard drive. This second HDD is formated into two partitions, with one of them being for my Time Machine backups, the other a media scratch drive.
When I try to choose this volume in setting up Time Machine, I get an error message that says, +"Are you sure you want to back up to the same disk your original data is on?"+ The message goes on to explain that +"the volume you have chosen for storing backups is on the same disk as the volume containing your data... you should back up to a volume on a different disk."+
The volume that I have selected IS on a different disk than my start-up system drive and the data to be backed up IS NOT on the same disk as the disk storing the backups. System Profiler defines my startup HDD as "BSD Name: disk0" and my second HDD as "disk1," with the two partitions "disk1s2" and "disk1s3." Mount Point for the start-up HDD is "/" and the two partitions on the second HDD are "/Volumes/Scratch Disk" and /Volumes/Time Machine." These two volumes show up as options when I "Choose Backup Disk" in Time Machine, but not the Mini's startup HDD.
Does Time Machine allow the use of second internal HDD? I have an external HDD, but it has a clone of my start-up drive on it. Thanks for any help.

Chris, excluding the other volume could certainly be the issue since the two options that I'm given for a backup volume are both on the same hard disk. The start-up system HDD is not listed. Maybe the message is referring to this, rather than to the start-up disk.
Not until after I selected "use this volume anyway," did I get to the "Option" screen to exclude items from the backup. When I selected "+" I was surprised to find the other volume, Scratch Disk, listed along with the start-up HDD as being included in the backup routine. So I selected Scratch Disk as one of the items to exclude.
As V.K. mentions, the cautionary message is rather vague as to what exactly it is referring to. Thanks.

Can't get Time Machine to see new hard drive

since I now have three computers using time machine to back up to one hard drive via airport base station USB connection, I decided to upgrade to a 1 TB hard drive from a 300 gb. The new HD is showing up as a shared drive in Finder attached to my wireless base station. However it's not showing up as a drive in Time Machine's setup. What I am missing here. The 300 gb drive worked fine.
Roger

Is the drive properly prepared?
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the drop down menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
This may be necessary for use with TM. Is the larger drive installed in an enclosure that supports drives larger than 500 GBs up to at least 1 TB?

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