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Q: How to backup a network drive with Time Machine

Hi There,

 

I have a Time Capsule that I use with Time Machine for my backups. I also have some external hard drives connected to the Time Capsule via USB, to have them networked.

I would like to include the contents of one of these networked drives in my Time Machine backups, but I can't figure out how to get that going. I see no option in Time Machine to do that.

Done some research online, found no answers.

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks

TM

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 2, 2013 10:38 AM

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  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Nov 6, 2014 8:57 AM in response to FreddyL
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    Nov 6, 2014 8:57 AM in response to FreddyL

    I have the same question.

    Time Machine would be very useful for me to backup my NAS which are so common these days you would think Apple would have added functionality to do so long ago.

  • by stuartdo,

    stuartdo stuartdo Jan 23, 2015 9:15 PM in response to JimmyCMPIT
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    Jan 23, 2015 9:15 PM in response to JimmyCMPIT

    You can set TimeMachine to back up to a USB connected drive to an AirportExtreme.  There is a caveat.  You generally can only back up one Mac to the USB drive attached in this manner.

     

    There is a work-around for that.  You can partition the back up drive, essentially creating 2 drives, and use each partition to back up a separate Mac. This has been reported to work in other threads.

     

    Hope this helps

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