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Goop

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Mar 27, 2009
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Time Machine is giving me regular "Must create new BU" messages and a forum search indicates that using Time Machine on a USB HD attached to an Airport Extreme is unreliable.

I do have an ethernet-attached Mac Mini on my network. If I were to move the HD hosting my TM backups over to the Mini, is there any reason this might prove more stable?

Short of purchasing a Time Capsule, what's the most reliable way to use Time Machine with (preferably WiFi) network attached storage?
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SPECS: Airport Extreme (last-gen. shorty) v7.6.3; Mac Mini 1.83 GHz Core Duo (T2400) OS-X 10.7.5; MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz Core i7 (I7-2720QM) OS-X 10.8.4
 
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