Q: time machine on non Apple nas
I have been backing up to a Goflex Home network drive with TM for some time. About every 60+ days, I get the validation error, need to create a new backup message. These new backups are time consuming in addition to losing all history. Although TM is a great theory, in practice it just doesn't work. Before you tell me that this is not supported, I see the same problems on Time Capsule drives. I have all but given up on this product. I have tried repairing the drive with just about every solution being proposed. The best solution I have found is http://www.garth.org/archives/2011,08,27,169,fix-time-machine-sparsebundle-nas-b ased-backup-errors.html. I have tried this with every failure and have most recently gotten almost there. Now after following all the directions, I get that the file system is read-only. If I do ctl-i on the volume, I get me - read & write, staff - read only, everyone - read only. I have unlocked trying to change for staff and everyone, but it won't let me change. Any ideas before I give up on TM? I am running 10.9.5 on a 15" mid 2012 Macbook Pro with 16GB.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), mid 2012
Posted on Oct 2, 2014 5:43 PM