Mac OS X - Time Machine network backup without Time Capsule

From OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Apple introduced Time Machine: a great combination of rsync/rsnapshot and a beautiful user interface. Time Machine works in two modes: 1. local volume on local area or 2. Time Capsule over network. Now I don’t wanna buy another box with apple logo over it for much $$$ when I have a lot of file servers on my network. Now I explain a few hoops to get this system to work: ...

3 November 2009 @ 04:44 · Updated: 29 June 2026 @ 04:47 · leo