I have a NAS with four 400GB harddrives running a RAID 5 installation, which means I won't lose data on there unless two of the drives go bad. It's done through my TS-409 (shown to the right). Since I have all these space, I might as well use it to backup my MacBook regularly so I don't lose any of my important data. OS X users know, Time Machine is awesome. It helps you take hourly, daily, and weekly snapshots of your computer. But unfortunately, it only works with additional harddrives attached to the machine, OR Time Capsule on your network... right? Wrong. Today, we will sideways hack Time Machine, and make it work with your SMB (Windows) share folder.
Before you get started, counter intuitive as it may seem, please be sure to have your data backed up before proceeding. While the memo is written with the best of intentions to help people make backups, I will not be responsible for any data loss as result of you following through this memo of my. You have been warned.
