As you can see above, it gave my “melissa” user read/write access when I turned it on for my Mac, so that would be one account I could use to log in with on my source computer. Now, know that when you use the “Select Disk” option, you’re likely going to have to authenticate with whichever user you enabled File Sharing for. But either way, the folder you chose will then appear on the other machine underneath System Preferences> Time Machine> Select Disk. You could also turn on that “Limit backups to” checkbox to only allow a designated amount of storage to be used. Once you’ve picked your poison there, right- or Control-click on the folder you just chose to reveal a contextual menu, from which you’ll select “Advanced Options.”Īnd here’s the magic setting: Turn on “Share as a Time Machine backup destination.”
USE A SHARED FOLDER WITH TIME MACHINE ON MAC PLUS
…and turn on “File Sharing” if it’s not already on.Īfterward, click the plus button under the “Shared Folders” section to add whichever folder you want to store those Time Machine backups in. If you press Command-i or choose File> Get Info, you’ll get your answer.Īnyway, to enable your destination’s Time Machine abilities, click on the Apple Menu first and choose “System Preferences.” …then click your Macintosh HD (or whatever your startup disk is called) to select it. One easy way to check to see which format your disk uses is to open Finder, choose Go> Computer from the menus at the top… As I noted, this machine will need to be using APFS, so you’ll have to have High Sierra or Mojave installed. To configure this, start on the Mac you want to back up to.
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