Mac mount synology drive full#

It kept failing part of the way through step 2, i.e., creating the sparse bundle. Write all the backup data to the mounted sparse bundle.Unmount the network share and mount the sparse bundle directly.Initially the sparse bundle is created with a random name (I think), but after it’s successfully created it’s renamed to contain the host name of the computer being backed up.

Basically, this is a disk image stored on the network share that can be mounted as a separate filesystem.

Create a “sparse bundle” on the network share to hold the backup.

If you run the “mount” command in a Terminal window or open Disk Utility you will see it mounted.

Mac mount synology drive full#

How backing up to a network drive worksĪll of these steps need to complete for the first, full Time Machine backup to a network share to succeed: This article is probably applicable to other Macs (not just MacBook Pro) and other NAS servers (not just Synology). Below, I explain what I investigating this problem, and how I ultimately solved it. When Time Machine started to back up, it would say “Looking for backup disk” and then say “Preparing backup” and then stop one or two minutes later with no error message. I followed Synology’s instructions for using my NAS as a Time Machine backup target, but I couldn’t get the first, full backup to complete successfully after doing that. (I’m separately backing up my data files using Backblaze, but Backblaze doesn’t back up system files and applications.) I just got a MacBook Pro running macOS Catalina for work, and I wanted to set up Time Machine backups for it to the Synology NAS in my basement so that if the laptop dies or is lost and I need to replace it, I won’t have to redo all of the customizations it took me hours to set up.