2LMan Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I just bought a new Macbook Pro and I love it! I used my Time Machine drive on my desktop to duplicate my user on my new MBP, but I have one question. Is it possible to have the External hooked into my desktop via USB but have it shared over the network so my MBP can see it as a Time Machine drive? I really don't want to have to buy a Time Capsule if I don't have to. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91927-time-machine-on-usb-drive-over-network/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
2LMan Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 bump? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91927-time-machine-on-usb-drive-over-network/#findComment-656155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2LMan Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Anybody? If not, we need someone to help with this situation Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91927-time-machine-on-usb-drive-over-network/#findComment-657215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkay Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hi, I'm not sure if this will help. I'm only a new Mac user, feeling my way with a new Hack but I did stumble across something the other day that might do it. There's a program called iTimeMachine which apparently allows time machine backups to network shares. Technically you could have the usb drive on the desktop served out as a network share and use iTimeMachine to allow Timemachine to use that share as a backup drive. I haven't tried it myself but it's something to investigate. Cheers, Arkay. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91927-time-machine-on-usb-drive-over-network/#findComment-657405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2LMan Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Thanks for the reply! If you need any help let me know! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91927-time-machine-on-usb-drive-over-network/#findComment-659303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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