#HOW TO USE MAC OS TIME MACHINGE PASSWORD#

IвЂ™ve found in testing that even if you specify a limited amount of Time Machine storage, the Time Machine preference pane still shows all available storage remaining on the target volume.

Now the Shared folder-as-a-volume appears as a selected volume. Time Machine recognizes the Shared folder as an available destination.

#HOW TO USE MAC OS TIME MACHINGE PASSWORD#

If you opted in step 5 to require an account to use the folder, you will be prompted to enter the username and password of the macOS account at this step, and the drive will be mounted. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.s ID and size) from the left side list. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. The shared volume should appear under Available Disks and note that itвЂ™s вЂњon вЂcomputer nameвЂ™вЂќ with the same name as appears in the Shared preference pane on the shared computer. Please visit Pondinis Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine. On any other Mac on the network, open the Time Machine preference pane. Use Advanced Options to share as a Time Machine destination.Д¬heck вЂњShare a a Time Machine backup destination,вЂќ and optionally check the вЂњLimit backups to number GBвЂќ to prevent backups from overwhelming this machine. Now Control-click the Shared folder in the Shared Folders list and select Advanced Options. (You can also disable the other two options an add individual users there.) If you want to limit it to logged in users, click Everyone and set the permission to No Access. If youвЂ™re not concerned about other users on the network leave the Users options for access permissions as they stand (all set to Read & Write). Navigate in the dialog box to the Shared folder in the Home folder. Under Share Folders, click the + to add a folder. On the destination Mac, open the Sharing preference pane.Д¬lick File Sharing Service, or check its box if itвЂ™s not already turned on.

How to use mac os time machinge