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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Buffalo NAS. 1 gigabit switch, Cat 5e connected.
Backup running very slow. I was able to do a backup via USB that preformed at satisfactory speed, but currently taking 10 hours to back up 11 gig.
any ideas?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
You are not using a supported Time Machine configuration. To learn how to use Time Machine read Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac.
Despite their manufacturers' insistence to the contrary, there are no non-Apple NAS devices that will reliably work with Time Machine. If you want to use your Buffalo NAS device to back up your Mac's contents, then use a backup strategy other than Time Machine.
The exhaustive list of devices supported by Time Machine amounts to the following:
That is all.
Use whatever backup device you want, but you should be aware that this site is full of reports of misery from hapless individuals who had been using third party NAS devices for Time Machine backups, only to find that they were incomplete, corrupted, or useless in the dire circumstances in which they were required. Apple won't care if you lose your data while using a Time Machine configuration specifically excluded from their technical support documents.
I use a NAS drive for Time Machine wirelessly to my MacBook Pro. Sometimes it can take a long time. Usually not that slow. Be patient especially if this is your initial backup.
If you want a quicker Time Machine backup use USB.
Slow Time Machine backup to NAS Drive
