Unraid 6 and Time Machine: Can't Mount Share in Time Machine Preferences
From the Unraid wiki: (https://wiki.unraid.net/UnRAID_6/Configuring_Apple_Time_Machine)
"From here, there are just a few more steps:
- Connect to your Time Machine share by connecting to it through the Finder.
- Next: go to Time Machine Preferences on your Mac and “Select Disk”.
- Your newly mounted Time Machine share should show up. Select this share, enable encryption if desired and click “Use Disk”.
- Now, Time Machine will say it’s trying to connect to your share. Before clicking connect, it’s recommended to eject your mounted share from your desktop and then connect.
- Time Machine immediately begins making periodic backups—automatically and without further action by you."
Simple fix: in my case, under OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra, I HAD to eject the mounted share. So it's really more like a requirement.
The gist of it is: Mount your share so the Time Machine Preference Pane can 'see' it, and then when the window asking for your password and user to connect is open, switch back to the Finder and eject the share THEN hit connect.
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Will solve OSX/Unraid/SMB issues for food.
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