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<blockquote data-quote="jah" data-source="post: 638157" data-attributes="member: 32736"><p>i have a macbook-pro w/ 10.5.2 and i can read/write into my ntfs home file server.</p><p></p><p>i just got TimeMachine working on the above network over a wifi link.</p><p>-the initial build took about 12hrs but the updates take very little time.</p><p>-10.5.2 TimeMachine has a bug in it for ntfs network usage. it is unable to setup a new image on a ntfs server but once this is done manually it is just fine with it and can backup just fine w/o error. so the initial setup is manual. there is a text string you will need type in the terminal window once. the name of the backup file is critical so know your computer hostname and its wifi mac address. use the mac disk utility to create any small sparsebundle file on your local hd the sparsebundle has no partitions or encryption, mac extended journled type. copy it to your network, rename it as hostname><mac adr>.sparsebundle and re point TimeMachine from your local drive to the network. TimeMachine will resize the sparsebundle file as needed. Typical max size may be 2x your mac hardrive.</p><p>i covered the method in a forum s2ki.com the commuter section and bits and peaces can be found here too </p><p></p><p>-i initially looked at iTunes and it seemed to throw chunks at my ntfs home network, if you know a fix pm me</p><p></p><p>-10.5.3 will be out in May? and could include fixes for these bugs, introduce new bugs too</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jah, post: 638157, member: 32736"] i have a macbook-pro w/ 10.5.2 and i can read/write into my ntfs home file server. i just got TimeMachine working on the above network over a wifi link. -the initial build took about 12hrs but the updates take very little time. -10.5.2 TimeMachine has a bug in it for ntfs network usage. it is unable to setup a new image on a ntfs server but once this is done manually it is just fine with it and can backup just fine w/o error. so the initial setup is manual. there is a text string you will need type in the terminal window once. the name of the backup file is critical so know your computer hostname and its wifi mac address. use the mac disk utility to create any small sparsebundle file on your local hd the sparsebundle has no partitions or encryption, mac extended journled type. copy it to your network, rename it as hostname><mac adr>.sparsebundle and re point TimeMachine from your local drive to the network. TimeMachine will resize the sparsebundle file as needed. Typical max size may be 2x your mac hardrive. i covered the method in a forum s2ki.com the commuter section and bits and peaces can be found here too -i initially looked at iTunes and it seemed to throw chunks at my ntfs home network, if you know a fix pm me -10.5.3 will be out in May? and could include fixes for these bugs, introduce new bugs too [/QUOTE]
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