Time machine backup to nas drives

Hi folks, I hope you are all safe and well in these strange times?

Ive had a quick look around but can’t find a definitive answer to the following:

1) Is there a solution to the problem of NAS/Network drives not working with Time Machine under Big Sur?

2) Has anyone got SuperDuper working with Big Sur and able to create bootable backup clones?

Thanks

Posted on Jan 25, 2021 4:04 AM

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Barney-15E

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Jan 25, 2021 6:50 AM in response to Adamskiodp

Does your NAS support the “Time Machine over SMB” specification?

That is what is required. Anything else is not supported.

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