Stories, software and strategies to help nonprofits do the social web
Turns out Time Machine is not just for accidentally deleted files — it works great for restoring a Mac from bare metal, too. Even over the network. James Duncan Davidson’s instructions for using theOSX Leopard install DVD to boot and restore from a Time Machine backup work great if you back up to aUSB or FireWire drive. But I use Time Machine over the network, so my backup set wasn’t available. Nedospasov had the secret for mounting the network backup share first. Here’s the whole process: 1. Boot from the installer DVD...
June, 30 2008 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
So the Mac OS X 10.5.3 update broke Time Machine for me. The update did fix Time Machine backups over the network for many people, but not for me. Lots of folks have tried various things to fix the problem (like standing on their head, reformatting, fingering prayer beads). Here’s what fixed Time Machine over AFPfor me. I had a setup that was backing up perfectly on 10.5.2. MacBook connected to wifi network Mac Mini with external drive A shared folder on the Mini’s external drive (called “backups”) that was...
May, 31 2008 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Leopard does not (yet?) backup to a disk attached to an Airport base station, to lots of people’s concern. But OS X version 10.5.1 will backup over the network — to another Mac. It works just fine over wired or wifi networks, so it works for MacBooks. Initial setup is easy. On the host Mac: Plug in your external drive. Turn on File Sharing from System Preferences (AFP, the default, is what you want). Share a directory on your external drive where you’ll store the backups. On the Mac you want to back up: Mount...
February, 8 2008 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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