TIL: Apple Broke Time Machine Again on Tahoe
4 days ago
- #macOS
- #Time Machine
- #SMB
- Author experienced a Time Machine backup failure on macOS Tahoe due to Apple's silent SMB default changes.
- Found a temporary fix by editing the nsmb.conf file to adjust SMB settings like signing_required and protocol_vers_map.
- Synology NAS settings were adjusted to match recommended SMB configurations for compatibility.
- Expressed frustration with Apple's lack of communication and frequent breaking of Time Machine functionality.
- Exploring a more robust backup solution using a Docker container (mbentley/timemachine) on a Proxmox server with ZFS storage.
- Mentioned ongoing issues with iOS device restoration, highlighting a long-standing bug affecting the process.