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Wondering If Any Have Had Success With Time Machine To A NAS Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1825476" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>TM, when it backs up to a networked drive, creates a sparsebundle backup. As such, the contents are basically compressed and hidden from typical Finder searching. I tried it a couple of times with WD NAS drives and eventually gave up because the sparse bundle approach is very sensitive to any error on the drive and when it goes south, you lose everything. Even erasing a sparcebundled drive is a time-consuming task. So, my 2 cents is that while it MAY be done, it's not a good idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1825476, member: 396914"] TM, when it backs up to a networked drive, creates a sparsebundle backup. As such, the contents are basically compressed and hidden from typical Finder searching. I tried it a couple of times with WD NAS drives and eventually gave up because the sparse bundle approach is very sensitive to any error on the drive and when it goes south, you lose everything. Even erasing a sparcebundled drive is a time-consuming task. So, my 2 cents is that while it MAY be done, it's not a good idea. [/QUOTE]
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