#Timemachineeditor mavericks mac os x#
#Timemachineeditor mavericks install#
#Timemachineeditor mavericks password#

I selected Restore from Time Machine backup and followed the steps including unlocking the FileVault. This was unacceptable and I was unable to determine the cause so I decided to revert to Mavericks using my Time Machine backups, so I rebooted using cmd R. I recently upgraded to Yosemite which seemed to work well at first, but I found that it kept freezing up after an hour or two. P.S.: You can even use this share and setup to easily restore your Mac from scratch after it has crashed or caught fire.Here is my situation: I have an MBP Retina 2013 with an SSD drive which I ran with Mavericks with no problems for about almost a year now. Time Machine will let its magic happen and auto-mount / un-mount the share whenever it is needed. All the following backups will be incremental and a lot faster.īonus: you don’t even have to manually connect to the server share before a backup. Select your share from the list, edit the other options like excluded directories and automatic backups to your liking and enjoy this cheap and reliable Time Machine solution! The first backup might take quite some time, depending on your network and hard drive speed. In the system preferences on your Mac, select Time Machine and click on “Select Disk…” If everything works well, continue with the Time Machine preferences.

#Timemachineeditor mavericks password#

Fill in username and password from the user on the server (not the one on the Mac) and see if you have access to the share.

Save yourself some time and trouble.Īfter a fresh boot open up Finder and press Command + K to bring up the “Connect to Server” dialog.Įnter afp://ip_address_of_your_server, press Enter and select the according share from the list. Trust me on that one, for some reason it didn’t work for me until I restarted my Mac.

#Timemachineeditor mavericks mac os x#

From here on we can use the Mac OS X GUI to continue setting up the Time Machine backup.īefore you do anything else, restart your Mac. Note: run this command as the user that is going to actually make the backup, don’t put sudo in front of the command!

#Timemachineeditor mavericks install#

If you are using Ubuntu 11.10 or earlier, add this ppa repository to easily install and update Netatalk to one of the most current versions:ĭefaults write TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 And yes, that includes Lion, Mountain Lion and the newest Mavericks! On the client side, every version since Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) will work. Aside from that pre-requisite you can use any Linux/UNIX/BSD/… distribution you want. The only critical part is that your Netatalk version has to be >= 2.2.0 beta 4, else it won’t work with Lion. This guide will use Ubuntu Linux as an example as I tested it with Ubuntu Linux 11.10 and 12.04 LTS.

A hard drive or spare disk space on your server that is at least as big as the Mac’s hard drive.

A Mac (OS X 10.5 and above) that likes to use the Time Machine backup feature.

A PC running Linux (or BSD etc.) as the server.If you have an old PC somewhere that can run Linux (or BSD or any other UNIX) you already have everything you need to build a cheap, reliable Time Capsule yourself. You could also use any Mac for it, but those are also expensive and most likely don’t wanna be hidden in a dusty closet. One of the drawbacks that comes with a device like that is its price. Maybe you always wanted to have an Apple Time Capsule for easy backup management of your Macs.