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speaking of AFP, since apple is dumping their routers, does that mean time machine is going away? I imagine remote time machine will and we'll just have local
by FPGAhacker 8y ago
speaking of AFP, since apple is dumping their routers, does that mean time machine is going away? I imagine remote time machine will and we'll just have local snapshots.
- giobox 8y agoI don't think so, at least not immediately - network Time Machine backups are supported on a wide array of third party NAS style devices, much the same as it worked on Apple's own Time Capsule device. I did a similar thing on my home made NAS server box to allow it to appear as a network Time Machine volume "natively" recently too. It's a pretty popular feature on the usual NAS players like Synology's products as well. That said, the focus is clearly much more on iCloud these days, Time Machine feels like it hasn't seen development in years. I was lamenting its slow performance the other day.
- Khaine 8y agoTime machine is now supported over SMB. So no, time machine will live on using either a NAS or macOS Server. I do wish Apple reconsidered their approach to time capsules, providing an appliance you could back up your machines to was genius. It helped family have proper back ups. Sadly, there is no easy everyday replacement in sight. For many the cloud is not yet an option.