time machine no longer finds network drive after monterey upgrade

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lektrikpuke Author

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time machine no longer finds network drive after monterey upgrade

Mac mini M1 has network issues after upgrade to Monterey:

Finder sees and mounts network drive - no issues.

Time machine no longer finds the drive.

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Oct 30, 2021 5:57 AM

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Duane

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Oct 30, 2021 9:25 AM in response to lektrikpuke

It probably isn't the Synology but just remember that there are different services which must be enabled for Time Machine vs Finder discoverability.

Often on an OS upgrade, I have to go into the Synology and ensure that the timeshare permissions are enabled for the MacOS account. And sometimes Synology packages are updated and the Time Machine services are not auto re-enabled.

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lllaass

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Oct 30, 2021 7:14 AM in response to lektrikpuke

I have two Qnap network drives and ™ does not show it is an available but I can mout it in Finder.

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lektrikpuke Author

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Oct 30, 2021 9:12 AM in response to Duane

Although restarting the Synology seemed counterintuitive, it yielded surprising results: my mac notified me that it was no longer available for time machine backups. As expected, after the reboot, nothing changed. I can still mount in finder, and it still is not found in time machine. Just in case it was a permissions issue (why they would change, I don't know, but anything is possible), I dragged and dropped a file to the Synology via the finder mount. So, pretty sure it's not at Synology's end.

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Barney-15E

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Oct 30, 2021 6:01 AM in response to lektrikpuke

What is the network drive served from?

I host mine from a Mac Mini M1 and it is still findable by Time Machine on my MacBook Pro.

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lektrikpuke Author

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Oct 30, 2021 6:26 AM in response to Barney-15E

Network drive is a Synology. It is up to date. Again, mac finder still finds and mounts drive. No access issues except in Time Machine. This worked fine until Monterey upgrade.

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