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

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!

By: D@ Mick

D@ Mick — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:43:24 +0000

@Joe: could it be that you have a permission problem with your sparsebundle?

@BruseRod: You are probably right. Emacs might be a better editor for novice users.

By: BruceRod

BruceRod — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:46:58 +0000

Wasn’t sure if you were implying on the original page that your hack only works with the afp protocol. We run a Mac shop with a Windows server b/c Mac servers are crizazy expensive, and we have some Mac/Win only server software so Linux isn’t an option. Thus, my network drives are just samba shares on a Windows box, but using Time Machine with Snow Leopard works with them just as you described.

(Side bar: As part of the 100-years war over using VI vs. Emacs, I think typing

emacs com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist

in Terminal is better for novice unix users because the Emacs interface has menus and keyboard shortcuts, e.g. cmd-V .)

Rsync works, but is harder to set up, and doesn’t have the super-cool Time Machine interface. No need for nas, just add more drives to the Win box. This is sweet!

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:42:40 +0000

Hello, I’ve followed your instructions and several others for 2 days now…yeah.. i really want a NAS
ANYWAY…
I have gotten as far as what you’ve done in your post. Followed your comment above about terminal(for i am tech savvy, but not that tech savvy) I got 0 errors while following them. Perfect walkthrough. However, when i mount the NAS, search around for a bit to make sure its working, and allow Time Machine to back up now,((mind you.. the sparse bundle file–the one we edited via your posts is in Volume-1’s main root folder as it should be)) it attempts to still create a sparsebundle… maybe a temporary one? It says “Joe’s-Mac-mini.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/Volume_1-3/Joe’s Mac mini.sparsebundle” could not be created (error 45).”"”

………… Any ideas?
-Thanks in advance,
Joe

By: D@ Mick

D@ Mick — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:53:58 +0000

@Chris

what did you do exacly to get this error? Did you make a small typo somewhere?