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<blockquote data-quote="mattbee" data-source="post: 1731533" data-attributes="member: 383396"><p><strong>Backing up with Time Machine to a cloud server</strong></p><p></p><p>I finally wrote a guide to <a href="https://www.bytemark.co.uk/docs/example-setups/time-machine-linux/" target="_blank">backing up OS X to a cloud server</a>, i.e. so the backup destination isn't your own device, but a rented server. That has some advantages of (probably) being more reliable than a server behind your home broadband, but might cost a bit more. But it does work for my wife's Mac, even over our crummy 1Mbps upstream bandwidth.</p><p></p><p>If you're looking to set up access to a device at home, you *need* to set up a VPN for it to work securely. So over on the Apple forums <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5350989?tstart=0" target="_blank">someone asks about how to do it with a Synology DiskStation</a> which does support it. But OS X supports quite a few VPN options, and my guide recommends and illustrates the "Cisco IPSec" one, which you can set up on a cloud server or Synology.</p><p></p><p>So it does work, securely, and even over a reasonably low-bandwidth link if you're patient.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattbee, post: 1731533, member: 383396"] [b]Backing up with Time Machine to a cloud server[/b] I finally wrote a guide to [URL="https://www.bytemark.co.uk/docs/example-setups/time-machine-linux/"]backing up OS X to a cloud server[/URL], i.e. so the backup destination isn't your own device, but a rented server. That has some advantages of (probably) being more reliable than a server behind your home broadband, but might cost a bit more. But it does work for my wife's Mac, even over our crummy 1Mbps upstream bandwidth. If you're looking to set up access to a device at home, you *need* to set up a VPN for it to work securely. So over on the Apple forums [URL="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5350989?tstart=0"]someone asks about how to do it with a Synology DiskStation[/URL] which does support it. But OS X supports quite a few VPN options, and my guide recommends and illustrates the "Cisco IPSec" one, which you can set up on a cloud server or Synology. So it does work, securely, and even over a reasonably low-bandwidth link if you're patient. [/QUOTE]
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