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Can I use a MacBook as a server with the lid closed?
To use a MacBook as a server with the lid closed, all you need to do is to ensure that it's powered on and not in sleep state.
Closing the lid of a MacBook by default puts it into sleep mode ...
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Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?
Yes, this is possible and actually quite simple. To prevent the Time Capsule from acting as a WiFi access point or router, and use it only as a backup disk, just open the AirPort Utility app on a Mac (...
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Do LAN transfers use both Ethernet and WiFi by default?
Do LAN transfers use both Ethernet and WiFi by default?
No. The default action is to use the one with the highest priority. This is usually done by the order of the interfaces that you specify in ...
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Synology Time Machine Out of Space -- Why won't it delete old backups
For me it worked after I disabled the Recycle bin on the Shared Folder. When Time Machine tried to delete old backups it moved them to the Recycle bin instead which causes the Shared Folder to never ...
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Time Machine failing: "an error occurred while copying files"
Looking for backup errors in the log, what I found was ; backupd[3278]: objc[3278]: __weak variable at 0x7f9227c07600 holds 0x7f9227c00003 instead of 0x7f9227c0e060. This is probably incorrect use of ...
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Can I use a MacBook as a server with the lid closed?
The macbook is designed to dissipate a substantial portion of its heat through the keyboard. If you run it closed for a long period of time, it will have reduced performance (as it can't dissipate ...
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Can I use a MacBook as a server with the lid closed?
Use Amphetamine
No need to get another monitor, or to buy an HDMI connector or to execute some terminal command. You just need to download this free and open source utility called Amphetamine.
When ...
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Is there a way to refresh a Finder file listing?
The easiest way to have the Finder refresh its listing is to enter a subfolder and click the back arrow to come back to the original folder. You can also click the back arrow to go to the previous ...
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Cannot backup Time Machine to Synology NAS due to "... problem with username or password."
Remove the drive as your backup disk in Time Machine, then open your terminal and run. beware that running this command will remove any other existing time machine destination disks!
sudo tmutil ...
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Time Machine shows no backup after backing up
UPDATE
This issue seems to be effectively fixed in macOS 12.2 – so first try updating macOS. Implement below work-around only if the update does not fix it for you.
This can happen when Time Machine ...
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Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?
You should actually do BOTH of the things suggested by the other answers.
Go into Wireless tab and set the mode to Off so that it doesn't create a WiFi network anymore.
Go into Network tab and set ...
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How does encryption work when data is backed up to a NAS Time Machine backup?
First, a warning: unsupported backup targets are unsupported for a reason. I don't know the details, but apparently there's some special sauce (or at least a newer version of the AFP protocol) needed ...
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Can I use a MacBook as a server with the lid closed?
Closing the lid on a MacBook while it is running is common, people do that all the time with a keyboard, mouse, and display attached. Without a display attached it will go to sleep. A headless ...
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The operation can’t be completed because the original item for “Foo” can’t be found
I found I was getting this issue as the finder app was trying to connect as guest by default. I needed to click on the 'connect as' button on the top right.
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Is there a way to refresh a Finder file listing?
Disclaimer! - This is not a method to refresh current folder but a method to change folders quickly without having to use mouse or keeping action script open all the time which will eventually refresh ...
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Issues with files and folders with names containing umlauts
macOS and Linux use different UTF-8 styles. convmv can convert between those two with the options --nfc / --nfd. On your linux based NAS do this:
convmv -r -f UTF-8 -t UTF-8 --nfc .
From the convmv ...
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Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?
Yes, you can simply disable routing on TimeCapsule and set it as DHCP client.
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How Does Time Machine Check for "Runtime Corruption" and How Do I Reset It?
I've now discovered a complete solution by (carefully) following these steps:
Turn off Time Machine's automatic backups in the Time Machine preference pane (to prevent any conflicts).
First mount the ...
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Can I use a MacBook as a server with the lid closed?
I do exactly this with my old MacBook Air and have done for some time. The only difference from the above posts is that instead of using macOS I wiped it clean and installed Ubuntu Server (it's still ...
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Indexing NAS with "mdutil -i on" with Sierra not working anymore
According to this support page by Qumulo, there is a fix, which basically consists of the following:
To fix this issue, create the following directory as root:
sudo mkdir -p /private/var/db/...
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Backup workflow from macOS to NAS?
There is no general „best backup method“, it always depends on your setup and on the assets you want to protect (whole disk or only user data, snapshot or history etc). This also means that issues ...
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Do LAN transfers use both Ethernet and WiFi by default?
If not, is there a way to enable transfers to use both?
Yes. While it is complicated (or, with cheaper devices, impossible) to do this on the link, network, or routing layers, you can use both ...
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Unity Case sensitive file system on macOS
Although MacOS has options to work on Case Sensitive disks, most of its applications [mainly 3rd party apps] do not work well on Case Sensitive disks, for historical reasons. Yet this is a future step ...
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Time Machine backup
Your last question first! Why no Backups.backupdb?
Until the last 15 months, Time machine formatted the destination drive as HFS+ and placed each backup inside the Backups.backupdb folder. Each backup ...
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Time Machine to NAS, over internet
I wrote a guide to configuring Time Machine to back up to a cloud server which is almost relevant. And it looks like the DiskStation supports the same IPSec server setup that I'm recommending, so you ...
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Automatically shrink existing Time Machine Backup to a fixed size
This is the easiest solution using OSX Terminal.
Get a list of all the backups in TimeMachine. This will also show you the full directory path to the backups that you will need in step 2...
$ ...
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MacOS/OSX loses connection to shared NAS drive
I struggled with this for years, and eventually found out that all you need to do is turn off packet signing.
Below is a link on the apple forums place on how to do it. You need to be using SMB2/3 ...
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Time Machine failing: "an error occurred while copying files"
It could be a corrupt file on your Mac, rather than a problem with the external drive. If it is you can open console via launchpad, and search for error messages related to "backup". If there's a line ...
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Time Capsule & 3TB HDD Raid 1 setup
The time Capsule would need to be jailbroken and modified to get RAID drivers into that software stack. It would probably be easier to physically remove the drives and build a new enclosure that can ...
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Time Machine error code 21 and 19, "Failed to mount.... because the image could not be attached"
This turned out to be a keychain problem. Possibly I changed the NAS login password and never updated keychain.
Settings > Time Machine > Stop using "TimeMachine" for Backup
Keychain > search for NAS ...
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