Time machine does not support backup via samba connection. this means almost all NAS drives are worthless. Looks like they really want us to buy an airport router.

well i "guess" that if you do a smb mount to a local dir it can be done, a bit tricky tho

Yeah, that blows. But at least there's project hummingbird: http://lexar.sharpcast.com/lexar/hummingbird_lexar.html

hecker

EDIT: Hmm, maybe it would be possible to mount a HFS+ sparse image from an NAS drive and use time machine with that.

I was just informed about this today, but actually, you can't backup Wirelessly AT ALL. Period.

There are two easy ways of Using a Network Drive for TimeMachine backups:

Way 1:
Create a growing Diskimage on the Network Drive, mount it, and you should be able to select it as Destination in the TM PrefrencePane

Way 2:
Execute
in Terminal, log off, log in, select the Network Drive in the PreferencePane, be happy

I'm using the second way to back up my MacBooks HDD on a samba share (maxtor shared storage II) over WLAN.

Greetings,

bundeswerner