Time Machine
Additional Network Devices for Time Machine
06/11/2007 01:03 PM Filed in:
Mac OS X
Apple's Time Machine is a perfect
example of a consumer backup tool done right. Uncomplicated and
great at enticing the user to actually use it.
Unfortunately Apple in trying to keep it consumer friendly stopped short of allowing Time Machine to see all the possible network devices you may have that could be potential Time Machine backup drives.
To fix this fire up Terminal and enter the following line:
$ defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
You will now have access to devices such as D-Link's DNS-323 which wouldn't normally show up in Time Machine.
Unfortunately Apple in trying to keep it consumer friendly stopped short of allowing Time Machine to see all the possible network devices you may have that could be potential Time Machine backup drives.
To fix this fire up Terminal and enter the following line:
$ defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
You will now have access to devices such as D-Link's DNS-323 which wouldn't normally show up in Time Machine.