I just read through this hack, and although the disk shows up, they
say it does not work. I would think anyone here would be sensible
enough not to use an unsupported approach for something as important
as a backup.
As the AEBS is the logical place to attach a 500GB disk for backup
for the whole family, lets hope they resolve this issue soon. File
suggestions through bug reporter to let them know how much you want it.
There are a whole heap of things Apple are rushing to market and
should be fixing later, things like extending the AppleTV storage via
it's USB port (and even using that for Time Machine or docking my
iPod), making the iPhone work as a connected device over bluetooth
for syncing and SMS for example.
I get frustrated by them not making their own keynotes and special
presentations available as free movies on iTunes, so I can watch them
on my AppleTV, iPod and iPhone, and that is a real simple thing to fix.
Douglas
On Oct 27, 2007, at 3:56 AM, Jorick Van Der Hoeven wrote:
A workaround for this has been published on the internet though I
don't know if it will work for you but you can check it out at
http://www.9to5mac.com/time-machine-hacked-to-work-on-smb-2345654
This of course is not official and not guaranteed to work nor is it
guaranteed not to mess anything up but it's worth a shot to see if
it really works as advertised...
-Jorick
On Oct 27, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Laurence Harris wrote:
On Oct 27, 2007, at 4:49 AM, Rick Mann wrote:
It's explicitly stated that you can't use Time Machine to back up
to a drive connected to the Airport Base station, but, in typical
Apple fashion, it doesn't explain why, nor does it suggest that
there is an update forthcoming to allow this.
I bought the AEBS specifically for this purpose. Anyone have any
insight?
I have no idea, but thanks for mentioning it. I was considering
doing the same thing and it does seem like an obvious thing to do.
In my experience new features like this are minimally useful in
their initial release, as if Apple didn't do enough user testing
with them. Then in the next major release they add the stuff that
makes the feature really useful after getting lots of requests/
complaints. I would like to specify folders to back up, and it
seems like something you should be able to do, but that's not an
option. You can only tell it folders to *not* back up. I think it
would serve most people's needs to only back up their home
folders. Time Machine is useless to me if I can't back up to a
drive connected to an Airport Base station. Better luck in Mac OS
X 10.6 I guess. ;-)
Larry
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