Setting up Ubunutu 19.10 as TIme Machine drive for Macs

[nikhilx1]

 

 

 

[NelizMastr]

7 hours ago, nikhilx1 said:

Decided to re purpose old unused PC as a Ubuntu server for the house. Was wondering if it would be possible to dedicate a drive on the computer to being a time machine drive for the macs on the network?

 

 

What you need to do is the following:

 

- Install Samba

- Configure a shared folder on said harddrive

 

Then follow this guide:

 

https://www.imore.com/how-use-time-machine-backup-your-mac-windows-shared-folder

 

You can't map an entire harddrive to be used for time machine over the network on

Linux. It can be done on a Synology NAS for instance, but other choices are slim.