I'm building my 3rd new Time Machine since October
So, I posted this from a page telling me how to run Time Machine in 2024. It just came up with an external hard drive, connected permanently to my MacBook Air, and not to be used for other things.
We've had a QNAP NAS for many years and I originally tried unsuccessfully to use it for Time Machine. Whenever I had a problem QNAP would blame Apple and Apple would blame QNAP. I gave up and bought a Time Capsule, which worked perfectly for 7 years, until it died last October. I was ready to buy a new one but Apple have dropped them. It recommended NAS as an alternative, so I tried again. My first Time Machine worked from 12 October 2023 to 4 January 2024. It wasn't till 10 January I realised it had stopped, and though the backup exists on the NAS, Time Machine can't recognise it and I built a new Time Machine yesterday. 14 hours later it has managed just 13% of the backup. I don't have control over the NAS and it's a matter of regular domestic dispute, which is another reason why I bought the Time Capsule.
Given my Time Capsule failed (luckily just AFTER I'd bought my MacBook Air and restored to it from a Time Machine backup), are there any cloud solutions people would recommend?
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MacBook Air 15″, macOS 14.2