Without such features, a network interruption can result in a corrupted filesystem on the disk image despite journaling. These presumably allow the disk image engine to force disk image journal data to write out all the way to the disk. There were additional features added to AFP in 10.5 to support Time Machine. The technical reason why Apple limits Time Machine to 10.5+ AFP volumes appears to be to prevent disk image corruption. Save the file on your Desktop as .plist.Įveryone should be aware that using Time Machine on a Non-Apple AFP volume via these hints may put their backup data at risk. inserting your machine's hardware UUID in the noted spot - you can find your hardware UUID in System Profiler.

Create a new text file, and copy and paste the below code.

Hdiutil create -size 500G -fs HFS+J -volname 'Time Machine Backups' -type SPARSEBUNDLE snowy.sparsebundle This example is for a 500GB (max size) image for a machine named snowy: Create a disk image named the same as your machine's computer name (not sure that this is crucial you can find it in System Preferences » Sharing).Simple method: Use the script and directions that I posted on the InsanelyMac forums. Otherwise, follow the setup procedure in the above-linked hint.

Setup: If your Time Machine is already configured to back up to a networked AFP share, move on to the next step. They may work for upgrading a Leopard Time Machine disk to Snow Leopard, but I have not been able to verify this. The following are some simple instructions to set up a new backup volume from scratch. The upgrade to Snow Leopard breaks 10.5.x Time Machine backups configured with AFP shares on network volumes, as per this older hint, for example.Īfter some trial and error, I was able to find out that the secrect lies with a hidden property list file that specifies the hardware UUID for the machine to be backed up.

Gta v on mac 10.6.8