> On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > <di...@niehs.nih.gov> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a new Mac Pro (cylinder style) and an old Mac Pro (tower style), both > running the latest Mavericks. I would like to set up a disk on the old mac > pro that can be used for TimeMachine backups of the new mac pro. How do I do > this? > > Both macs are connected via gigabit ethernet to the same router. I can > successfully do screen sharing and file sharing. I thought perhaps I just > needed to share my TimeMachine disk on the old mac (via the File Sharing > panel in System Preferences), but when I tried this, I could not see that > disk when choosing a TimeMachine disk on the new mac. I could only see disks > that are directly attached to the new mac. > > Is it possible to do TimeMachine backups of one mac to a disk on another mac > via ethernet? If so, what do I need to do?
Two ways. 1. Purchase the $19.99 OS X Server package and set that up on the old Mac Pro, which includes a feature that'll do exactly what you want. But OS X Server is somewhat complicated and messy. 2. Open Terminal on the new Mac Pro and type this (or copy/paste): defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 Time Machine will only back up to "supported" volumes. The only way to do that over a network like you want is with OS X Server. But you certainly can use unsupported volumes as in No. 2 above. I've done that for years without incident, but beware, it is a little bit of a "hack." -Andy _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
