Making legacy AFP work on Mavericks for Time Machine on NAS

It has been well documented that Apple has abandoned legacy AFP on mavericks. This creates problems when trying to use time Machine on previous generation NAS drives. In fact this was broken on Lion. http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110808120424119
Has anyone figured this out for Mavericks? There are many threads on this on the web, but I have not found a definitive solution.

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I connected a new Seagate 2T external drive to my iMac to increase backup capacity using Time Machine. I have a 1T Time Capsule. I am backing up to the Time Capsule wirelessly to another Mac in the house.
The Time Capsule is full.
How do I make the new Seagate available to be used for wireless backup? It does not show on the other Mac as being available in Time Machine?

See #22 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

HT5988 I downloaded Mavericks and now my WD Smartware that I use for Time Machine is no longer compatible with this OSX version? How do I make that unit compatible? olefromca

I downloaded Mavericks and now my WD Smartware that I use for Time Machine is no longer compatible with this OSX version? How do I make that unit compatible? olefromca

I agree entirely, been messing with this since the upgrade to Mavericks but I didn't find it quite as easy as uninstalling the WD smartware as it still operates when you plug the drive back in - I think it gets loaded onto the drive and runs from within (?). The advice from WD was that time machine was faulty and I should contact Apple...thanks guys!
Anyway, for the OP's benefit, this is what I found:
1. My problem was that time machine couldn't see any further back than before the Mavericks install, but if I opened up and interrogated the WD drive, the old backups were still there.
2. When TM started doing new backups, it overwrote the ones that it could see, not the oldest ones on the drive. This indicated to
me that the WD software had somehow partitioned off the old backups and excluded that part of the drive from being overwritten. Of course, as the drive was practically full, it meant that any new backups wouldn't fit in the available space.....
3. The only way I could find to resolve this was to use the disc utility to erase and repartition the external drive. This will obviously remove all of the old files and backups, but I was more concerned about keeping a current profile as backup rather than a load of stuff from months ago.
4. Anyway, what happens after the eraseure has completed is that you get the WD icon on the desktop, and you're invited to install the software - this means the software has now been deleted. Juts don't reinstall it, just let TM do it's backup and all is well.
Usual disclaimers and warnings about keeping another copy of your system etc. obviously apply, and I know this is a radical move to delete all your old data but it worked for me. I guess I didn't appreciate that you could use the external drive without the software that came with it and just followed the screen guide.
I'm also aware that if you don't want to use TM to do a complete restore and only want to find one old version of a document, this is difficult. However, you can then install the WD software and find the file but you'll then have to do this all again.....

10.5.3 AFP support for Time machine?

Hi,
Seems that AFP support for Time machine isn't yet available in 10.5.3... At least I wasn't able to get it working with my iMac and QNAP TS-209. Has someone been able to get it working after updating to 10.5.3?
According to news ("Time Machine backupd and new AFP backups")about beta seeds of the 10.5.3 there has been implemented AFP support for the Time machine. Does Apple pulled it off again before final release? I would like to use time machine with my NAS, but seems I have to keep using 3rd party apps for that...
I start to be very disappointed about Apple, because they haven't manage to get it working/enabled yet. It feels that Apple just doesn't want to enable it, because they would like to sell Time capsule for all.... I hope this isn't the case.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Never believe any news from beta seeds. They are unreliable, and should be taken with a huge grain of salt. As for whether or not a feature was pulled who knows, except people under non-disclosure. Those who test betas are under requirement to stay mum. We can't guess Apple's policy. Please read terms of use on the right But unless you find it in the feature listing for the update, I would surmise it isn't there, unless someone has managed a hack around. You can always post feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Based on:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1141
The only AFP improvement is:
Improves Spotlight searches on a AFP file server volumes.
And while several Time Machine improvements exist, none mention AFP.

Using MacMini for Time Machine Storage & Work?

I have recently got my brand new Macbook Pro and absolutely love it!
It replaces my Mac Mini PowerPC G4, which has a hard drive of about 70g.
It also has all my work on.
Basically can i use the MacMini for time machine, over an ethernet network, as shared my pro sees the mini when they are both connected to ethernet.
Is this connection ok for Time Machine?
Also would it be worth just leaving all my work on the mini and opening it on my pro through the shared network also?
Work such as using Photoshop and Dreamweaver or would this be hindering the power of the Pro and i might as well copy my work to the Pro and not work over the shared network?
Or no difference?
Thanks for any input

If you install Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on the Mac mini you can use it as a Networked Time Machine backup device.
NOTE: Leopard running on the Mac mini is a requirement.
I have a Mac mini attached to my WiFi network. I use it as my Time Machine network backup device for my MacBook, and my Wife's MacBook Pro. I've added 3TB of external storage (Drobo).
The only problems I've had a closing the lid on my MacBook while a back was in progress. So I'm very careful about making sure Time Machine is not running and that the Mac mini shared volume is not mounted when I put my MacBook to sleep.
Setup:
Install Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on Mac mini
Enable file sharing on the Mac mini
Mount the Mac mini's shared volume on your MacBook Pro
Configure your MacBook Pro's Time Machine to use the just mounted shared volume.
Once configured, when Time Machine runs it will automatically mount the Mac mini's shared volume, create a sparsebundle disk image (at config time), and perform Time Machine backups to the sparsebundle.
The Time Machine applications (viewing/restoring backups) will also automatically mount the Mac mini shared volume.
NOTE: I am a bit paranoid about backups, so Time Machine is NOT my only backup. I also use SuperDuper! to backup my MacBook each work day onto my PowerMac G5 at work. That way I also have off-site backup.

I am trying to install Mavericks on my McbookAir, but it won't install, saying that my hd is used for time machine backups. I have an external HD connected to my mbAir that I'm using for time machine.

2012 Macbk air, with OSX 10.8.5. See my question above. Mavericks won't install on my Air's HD, says that both the HD - AND - the external HD (which has a different name from the laptop HD) are used for time machine backups. I've deleted my time machine plists, restarted, repaired permissions, turned time machine off, repeatedly selected the external drive in time machine preferences. HELP. (Install went perfectly on my desktop Mac, which also has an external HD for time machine).

I need to add that the only place I have the "Backups.backupdb" folder is on my backup external disk, and it's not on my HD :-( . If it were, I'd delete it!

My iMac suddenly can't read the backup hard drive I've been using for Time Machine. I did NOT just upgrade the OS or anything. The external HD is an OWC Mercury Elite All Pro. It's worked fine since I got the iMac 4 years ago.`

My iMac suddenly can't read the backup hard drive I've been using for Time Machine. I tried unplugging the cord that connects the HD to the iMac and plugging it back in, but I still get "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" below which are buttons for Initialize, Ignore and Eject. I was using a cord that went from larger square plug to larger square plug. So then I tried one that went from smaller square plug to what I think is USB (thin rectangular plug) of the sort that connects the keyboard and mouse. It's the type that my printers and scanners use to connect to the iMac. I did NOT just upgrade the OS or anything. The external HD is an OWC Mercury Elite All Pro. It's worked fine since I got the iMac 4 years ago. What else can I try before just trying to initialize and

Thanks, Michael! I do hear it at times spooling up and running. Just after I bumped the thread I looked for troubleshooting for this drive online and found the manual which suggested using Disk Utility which I've seen before accidentally (if I hit Command Shift U instead of Shift U to type "Unit" on a new folder for a student's homework ) but had never really noticed. Disk Utility does see it and also a sub-something (directory?) which might be the Time Machine archives on the disk, called disk1s2), sort of the way that my iMac's hard drive shows up as 640.14 GB Nitachi HDT7... and has a sub-something titled DB iMac, which is what I named my iMac's hard drive.
Anyway the owner's manual just shows the image under the formatting section, not the troubleshooting section, but as soon as I saw it in the manual I remembered seeing it accidentally a few times, went to it, and am now verifying the disk. Right now it's telling me that it will take 2 hours to complete the verification, so I guess I have a bigt of a wait. :-)
Does that fact that Disk Utilities can see it mean it's not failed, or just that it hasn't completely failed?
I can see the virtue in having multiple redundant backups, or at least two backups. What do you suggest? Two external hard drives? I had this one linked by ethernet, and but I also have a cord that could link it by USB (like a printer), so if this one is reparable I could get a second one and link it by USB. If this one is not reparable I could get two and do the same thing. I do have an Airport so I suppose it's possible to get some sort of Wi-Fi hard drive (my new printer/scanner uses only the network and not a cable, although it has a cable that I used for the initial installation), but I'd suspect a Wi-Fi hard drive might have a higher price.
What hard drives, if any, do you recommend? I seem to recall that when I was looking at external hard drives 4 years ago, Apple's were substantially more expensive, which is why I got the OWC Mercury Elite All Pro.

I am having trouble installing. downloaded Mavericks but it will not let me install to hard drive, says that is reserved for Time Machine. I have an external hard drive, but disconnected that before download.

I downloaded Mavericks but can't get past the install; it thinks my hard drive is reserved for Time Machine. I have an external hard drive but dis-connected that before download.
I have Time Machine turned off.

Check to see if you have a file name Backups.backupdb on the disk drive.
If the installer sees such a file it assumes that the disk drive is being used by Time Machine.
Allan

I cannot load Maverick on my iMac HD. It reports that my HD is used for Time Machine backups and will not load to that drive. I do not use this drive for backups. Help.

I cannot load Maverick on my iMac HD. It reports that my HD is used for Time Machine backups and will not load to that drive. I do not use this drive for backups. I use an external 1 TB WD My Book for backups as well as Super Duper Backups. Can anyone offer advice. Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
You have got the "Backups.backupdb" folder in the root level of your hard drive. This is the folder used by Time Machine to save backups to, and the OS X Mavericks installer thought that your hard drive is being used to store Time Machine backups
To fix this, open a Finder window, select the Go menu (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type:
Then, delete "Backups.backupdb" and empty the Trash. Finally, open the Mavericks installer from the Applications folder and follow the steps

After install of SSD, unable to update Mavericks OS as system believes disk is used for Time Machine

Hi There,
Hopefully someone can help with this.
Yesterday I decided to replace the HDD on my macbook pro with a Crucial M500 SSD (240GB).
I connected via USB, and used the 'Restore' facility in the Disk Utility program to do this. Worth noting that I had to shrink teh partition on the original hard drive as the SSD is smaller than this.
All went well - I swapped the drives out this morning and teh machine booted up without any problems.
I then downloaded OS X Mavericks.
When I went to install, at teh point that teh system asks where I wanted to install to (i.e. the drive) it would not allow me to install to the SSD.
The error was:
This machine is used for Time Machine backups.
I haven't used time machine at all for some months due to a lack of external storage, so this makes no sense to me.
I then ran repair disk and repair disk permissions incase this was the problem.
Still no joy.
HAs anyone else had this problem at all?

Hi There.
Time machine is already off, but then I found this:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2986?
This fixed teh issue!
Thanks anyway
J

Lion Install does not work, says "This disk is used for Time Machine backups"

I'm having trouble installing Lion onto my macbook pro intel core 2 duo.
I am backing up my computer with an external drive using TimeMachine, but i've disconnected it. Also i'm running SL 10.6.8
I have a windows 7 partition that was created with boot camp.
I've tried to make sure everything is all ready for lion but when I go to install lion it says "This disk is used for Time Machine backups" and the hard drive is grayed out.
Same problem as this guy: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3190321?start=0&tstart=0
I'm hearing that a file called "Backups.backupdb" is on the top level of the hard drive, but I see no such file. I've looked at the invisible files and I cant find it.
I've also created a bootable flash copy of the lion install but that does not work It gives me the same message "This disk is used for time Machine backups".

"Backups.backupdb" if the file in Time Machine. As the discussion says, you have to find that file and trash it. Try spotlight to locate it. If that does not work, down load OmniDiskSweeper from the Internet (free) and go through an organized search to find "Backups.backupdb". If that takes too long or is too tedious, then if you have everything backed up, erase the HDD and start from square one.
Ciao.

Down loaded Mavericks, will not install on my computer because it says "this hard drive is used for time machine back up".

Down loaded mavericks, it will not install on my computer because it says" this hard drive is used for time machine back up". So I used my old computer hard drive for back up and reloaded the program but it still says the first hard drive is being used.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Make sure you have selected your MacBook Pro's hard drive as the destination to install Mavericks. If so, you have the "Backups.backupdb" folder in the root level of your hard drive.
That's the folder used by Time Machine to store backups of your files, and the Mavericks installer understands that your internal hard disk is the Time Machine drive.
To fix this, open a Finder window, select the Go menu (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type:
Then, delete "Backups.backupdb", empty the Trash and run the Mavericks installer. Finally, install OS X Mavericks

Mavericks installer says my primary disk is used for Time Machine . . . but it isn't. Won't install.

I've downloaded Mavericks, but the istaller says my primary HD -- used for OS and files -- is used for Time Machine and Mavericks can't be installed.
Primary does NOT have TM files on it . . . it's on a separate, dedicated HD.
What can I do?

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The folder would be at the root of your hard drive. Double-click Macintosh HD and look there.
If it isn’t there, I’m not sure what it is seeing.

When I try to install Maverick on the HD I get this message: This disc is used for Time Machine backups.

When I try to install Maverick on the HD I get this message: This disc is used for Time Machine backups and then nothing happens!

Try looking in Finder at your Macintosh HD. Look to see if there is a backups.backupsdb folder at the root of the hard drive. That's a folder that Time Machine makes on external hard drives to store the backups. If you have one there, some one put it there; rename the folder or delete it. Then try installing again.

Making legacy AFP work on Mavericks for Time Machine on NAS

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