When I connect an external drive to my Mac, is there any way to treat it as a network drive? The only reason I want to do that is that I don't want to eject my TM backup drive every time I disconnect it. With a time capsule, the best thing is I don't have to eject the drive, even if it's in the middle of a backup. So, I would like my local backup drive to behave the same way.
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Pretend local drive is network drive?
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Perhaps let me explain more clearly what I mean: When I have a local TM backup drive connected, when I want to bring the laptop with me, I have to
1) Wake up the laptop
2) Log in to the laptop
3) Show desktop
4) Click eject on the TM backup drive
5) Wait for the drive to eject (which sometimes takes time, since the drive first have to wake up)
6) Put the laptop back to sleep
On the other hand with my time capsule backup, I just take the laptop with me. No steps required.
So, what I would like is not to have to eject my local TM backup drive.
1) Wake up the laptop
2) Log in to the laptop
3) Show desktop
4) Click eject on the TM backup drive
5) Wait for the drive to eject (which sometimes takes time, since the drive first have to wake up)
6) Put the laptop back to sleep
On the other hand with my time capsule backup, I just take the laptop with me. No steps required.
So, what I would like is not to have to eject my local TM backup drive.
Too bad. The problem is that the hard disk in my Time Capsule seems to flaky (it works for some time, but then it always ends up asking to do a completely new backup). But I don't want to go through those annoying steps with a local hard disk. Not sure what I can do then.
Interrupting the Time Capsule backup, by disconnecting from the network for example, can corrupt the backup. If you have Power Nap enabled in Energy Saver, your computer may be backing up even when it's asleep and that may be what's causing your problem. With Sierra and earlier versions of High Sierra, I was having pretty regular problems with backup corruption to my Time Capsule but with 10.13.6 I've had no issues.
I have had this problem with the time capsule for years, and tried everything. It is a common problem: The time capsule cannot verify a backup, and then starts a completely new backup. Many posting online, many suggestions, nothing a solution. I think the causes are variable, even if the error message is the same. In my case, I think some painters damaged the hard disk in my TC by moving it roughly around, although I asked them not to touch it. I have tried to check the disk, totally erase etc etc, but eventually it always comes back to not being able to verify it after running OK some time. After this happening the umpteenth time, I have given up. Now I'm just backing up to a local hard drive connected to my laptop, but the fact of alway having to eject it drives me crazy.
[doublepost=1535924401][/doublepost]There are so many discussion of this online. Here is one: https://www.macworld.com/article/32...-time-machine-says-a-verification-failed.html
I have just given up on my time capsule, tried everything. I'm OK with doing backup to hard disk connected to me computer, but not going through the annoying steps to disconnect it.
[doublepost=1535924401][/doublepost]There are so many discussion of this online. Here is one: https://www.macworld.com/article/32...-time-machine-says-a-verification-failed.html
I have just given up on my time capsule, tried everything. I'm OK with doing backup to hard disk connected to me computer, but not going through the annoying steps to disconnect it.