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10.5: Make Time Machine work with AirPort and AFP disks
Authored by: smashingnick on Oct 31, '07 09:39:48AM

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS HINT.
Time machine will indeed backup to a network share but restoring with the time machine browser will not work.



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10.5: Make Time Machine work with AirPort and AFP disks
Authored by: Whosawhatsis on Nov 01, '07 08:50:03AM

but if you plug the drive in directly when you need to restore, it will work, won't it? I know it juggling drives interferes with the convenience of the restore feature, but it would be less tedious to plug it in only when you need to restore than to have to do it every time you back up. That's the type of inconvenience that makes most people not bother to back up.

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10.5: Make Time Machine work with AirPort and AFP disks
Authored by: wileyc on Nov 04, '07 10:23:19AM

The way to restore using the Time Machine Browser is simple yet not obvious.

1. Browse to the sparseimage file on the AFP volume you used to backup
2. Open it with DiskImageMounter.app which should be the default. This will mount the sparseimage and the mounted disk will appear on your desktop name something like "Backup of MyComputer".
3. Right click on TimeMachine Doc Icon and Choose "Browse Other Time Machine Disks"

The Time Machine Browser will open and you can restore away



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