Cannot see NAS from Time Machine

[FBDiver]

I have a Buffalo Networks NAS on my home network, and I'm connected to it on my mac (with OSx 10.5) sending files back and forth no problem. But when I go to turn Time Machine on and configure it, the dialog for selecting a destination drive is empty and I don't see any way to browse for a network drive.

Am I missing something?

[Nugget]

Time Machine will not work on any network-attached storage unless it's HFS+ on Leopard being shared via AFP (not SMB).

[FBDiver]

I see... looks like I have some work to do.

Thanks!

[gvegastiger]

There's a thread around here somewhere with a script that you can run from Terminal that lets Time Machine use an unsupported volume. I used it for my SimpleShare and it now backs up there.

[paleck]

Originally Posted by gvegastiger

There's a thread around here somewhere with a script that you can run from Terminal that lets Time Machine use an unsupported volume. I used it for my SimpleShare and it now backs up there.

Probably this post:

Originally Posted by Mindflux

everyone, this worked wonders for me and is easier than the rest of the solutions imho

Run this from terminal and load up time machine to select your drive! You don't need to hook the drive up to the Mac first, you dont have to go chowning files and all that nonsense.

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

It even got dugg.

[gvegastiger]

That's the one.

[Mindflux]

Originally Posted by paleck

Probably this post:


It even got dugg.

*bows*

[paleck]

Originally Posted by Mindflux

*bows*

Were your ears/eyes burning?