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Make Time Machine use a Local Volume as a Network Volume
Authored by: dfbills on Mar 13, '14 12:36:33PM
I believe you also need to enable unsupported network volumes:

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

And the image needs to be named with the following convention:

"name of your computer" _ "mac address"

Laptop _ 12:0c:cf:dc:b6:26

Final name: Laptop_120ccfdcb626.sparsebundle
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Make Time Machine use a Local Volume as a Network Volume
Authored by: jollyroger on Mar 13, '14 01:02:25PM

I just tried it:

* the computer name is "server"
* the MAC address of primary Ethernet interface is "23:cd:e9:21:4f:fd"

Here's what I did:

1. renamed the image server_23cde9214ffd.sparesebundle
2. set TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes to 1
3. restarted the machine just to be sure the change would take effect
4. double-clicked the image to mount it
5. opened System Preferences > Time Machine and clicked "Add or Remove Backup Disk"

Still, the mounted volume does not appear in the list.

I even set the *mounted* volume name to "server_23cde9214ffd" (it was "Time Machine Backup" previously), and it still does not appear in the list.

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