Timemachine to FTP

Has anyone been able to solve backing up Time Machine to an FTP server yet?

I've read this article, which allows one to write to a network disk:

http://imulus.com/blog/george/software/using-leopard-time-machine-to-backup-of-a -network/#comments

The only hurdle I can't seem to get over is making an FTP server a writable network disk. By the looks of it, Finder allows read only FTP access by default, but presumably there has to be a way of altering this - with or without the use of some additional software.

I used to do this with an old XP machine I used to use as a server at least 4 years ago, so it must be possible on a mac, right?

macbook 2.4ghz 4GB Ram, Mac OS X (10.5.7), iPhone 3G

Posted on Jul 8, 2010 2:49 AM

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Jul 8, 2010 4:34 AM in response to thomcooper

Transmit can mount a server on the Desktop, so it's possible that you might be able to persuade TM that it's a network disk - though I wouldn't bank on it, TM is pretty picky.

Transmit's blurb says: 'With the new Transmit Disk feature, you can now mount any of your favorites in the Finder itself, even if Transmit's not running. These volumes are real: drag files to your SFTP server, save a small graphic to your Amazon S3 bucket directly from Photoshop, or roll your own iDisk-like backup volume. It's all possible in T4.'

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