Comments on: Time Machine & Network Drive – SNOW LEOPARD UPDATE

By: D@ Mick

D@ Mick — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:12:00 +0000

@Nick: The your sparsebundle always has an extension, in this case, the extension is .sparsebundle.

So try to navigate to: cd Desktop/your_sparsebundle_name.sparsebundle

You can also use the “tab” key for autocompletion.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:54:21 +0000

I have problems getting into my sparsebundle in terminal. I type “cd Desktop\my_sparsebundle_name” in all ways I can think and I am unable to get into the sparsebundle folder to make the text edit via “vi”. Terminal seems to get upset and just displays “>” and I cannot get back to any directory or complete any command. What am I doing wrong? @D@ Mick, this step in your instructions on using terminal is confusing:
“So type in the following:

cd Desktop/

is the name you gave your Sparsebundle. So in this case, your Mac name.

Now you should be inside your Sparsebundle file. “

By: piers

piers — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:59:14 +0000

Woohoo – finally, the missing link for getting TimeMachine working on Snow Leopard with my NAS!

By: Fabio

Fabio — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:20:21 +0000

hi all,
interesting suggestions. I have still a minor issue: TM is properly set up on my USB external drive.
I also have lot of stuff on a NAS drive (wireless connected): How to include some folder contained here in the TM backup?
from the normal setting you can only exclude, not add; and anwyay only on the local machine.
Any tips?
Thank you in adavnce

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:25:09 +0000

I discovered what Joe’s problem is because I made the same mistake.

A “sparsebundle” looks like a single file but it’s actually one of those things that Apple treats as a file but is really a directory/folder (applications are another such beast). The com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist file doesn’t go in the disk image, and it doesn’t go in the same folder as the sparsebundle, it goes inside the sparsebundle. If you follow the directions above you will save the file from vi into the correct place. But if you create that file on your desktop then you can put it into the right place using the finder.

Right click on the sparsebundle and you will see “Show Package Contents”. It will open up a folder! Put the com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist file into that folder. All done.

Now Time Machine should be happier.

By: D@ Mick

D@ Mick — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:06:45 +0000

Can I assume you are creating the sparsebundle directly on the network disk? In my previous post, I stated that you have to create the sparsebundle locally on your Mac and then place that created sparsebundle on the network drive

By: frank

frank — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:02:44 +0000

Joe

Did you resolved your problem ?
I tried everything what is told above, including creating sparsebundles with the right plist files etc. But nothing helps. My NAS is Iomega Media network harddisk
I have exactly the same problem and messages:
It says “Physics2.tmp.sparsebundle” minus the quotes of course all while Time Machine is “making back up disk available.” Then i receive an error from Time Machine stating the following:

“””The backup disk image”/Volumes/TimeMachine/Physics2.sparsebundle” could not be created (error 45).”””

By: D@ Mick

D@ Mick — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:19:56 +0000

Hi Bullet

unfortunately, I don’t have any experience with NAS and TimeMachine (AFP)

By: Bullet

Bullet — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:17:41 +0000

Hi guys!

@Joe… I am having the same problem using a DNS-323 NAS. I just dont know if it is affected by the AFP mounting only issue of SL as DNS-323 doesnt know AFP until you install fun-plug to it.

@D@ Mick… any help on this matter?

By: Mickey

Mickey — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:57:46 +0000

Works great!!! Thanks!!! I have been wondering about this problem for so long!