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Alternatively, delete the above mount-point directory ( sudo rmdir /media/pi/TimeMachine) and reboot (this fixed an issue for me that chmod did not).

Set drive permissions (such as sudo chown -R pi:pi /media/pi/).

It would be wise to encrypt your backup when macOS asks you here, since it will be plainly readable on the external drive otherwise.

You'll be prompted to log in again with your pi user.

Go to System Preferences > Time Machine.

You should be prompted for your pi login info.

If you wish to alter the name of the server as advertised, you can edit /etc/avahi/nf and change the host-name line in the server section to whatever you desire.

Enter afp://192.168.1.50/ (use the local static IP for your pi instead though) /etc/init.d/netatalk restart Configuring Avahi By default Avahi advertises your server’s name as its hostname, which by convention on Linux is all lowercase.

Let's verify the drive is being properly shared.

Launch services sudo service avahi-daemon start and sudo service netatalk start.

edit smb config: sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf and append.

Line hosts: files mdns4_minimal dns becomes hosts: files mdns4_minimal dns mdns4 mdns.

#Netatalk time machine backup failed install#

Install netatalk: sudo apt-get install netatalk -y.Make sure everything looks good based on the specs of the drive. sudo fdisk -l also for a little more verbosity. Reboot, and now run df -h and make sure your drive is present.Add this line to the bottom of the file: UUID=8c9d728a-54f3-4948-81ea-f0482c89fc73 /media/pi/TimeMachine hfsplus force,nofail,rw 0 0 (if your username is not pi, edit this path to use your nane instead and do the same in subsequent areas).Next, we want to auto-mount it to a designated folder, so run sudo nano /etc/fstab.Format our drive to HFS+ format: sudo mkfs.hfs /dev/sda1 -v TimeMachine or use Gparted to repartition the drive and label it TimeMachine.For the purposes of this guide, my drive reference will be /dev/sda1 and UUID is 8c9d728a-54f3-4948-81ea-f0482c89fc73.Make note of the drive reference and UUID Plug in your drive into a USB port on the Pi and get the drive UUID with ls -lha /dev/disk/by-uuid.Install dependencies: sudo apt install samba avahi-daemon hfsutils hfsprogsĬonnecting and mounting the drive on the Pi.

Make sure the Pi uses a static IP on your local network (there are good guides on this, it is out of scope for this post).

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Ensure your Pi is fully up to date sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade -y.Using the Pi 4B alongside some spare drives can give you a very versatile, cost-effective NAS and server.

I've now had a few months of reliable, consistent automated Time Machine backups accomplished via my Mac and Rapberry Pi 4B now, attached to a spare 1TB 2.5' USB 3.0 drive. Full changes are logged in the git history for this post. Update Nov 2021: Applied changes suggested by Alexis, Johnny, and Joel. Using a Raspberry Pi as a NAS macOS Time Machine