Time Machine Over The Network
One of the most useful additions to Leopard that I use religiously is Time Machine. One of the only problems I have with it is that I must have a physical disk connected to my Mac in order to use it. Now I have a massive 3TB worth of network storage at home, why can’t I use that for my backups? Enter iTimeMachine which lets me do just that. This simple 2 button utility makes your shared network drives shown up in Time Machine’s possible backup destinations list.
Now I warn you now, it’s not the most user friendly application. You need to mount your share, fire up Time Machine, fire up iTimeMachine, quit Time Machine, go into Time Machine’s setting in the System Preference panel, change the the disk to your network share, then restart Time Machine. Are you dizzy yet?
It took me a few attempts before I got all of the voodoo and rubber chicken waving down pat, but it did work. It’s not perfect, but if your like me and want to use your network storage for your Time Machine backups it’s all you’ve got.
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