Andrew, I have been using an external USB drive on a USB hub for years and years and more years than I can count. It all just works. You get a new drive, connected to your USB hub, connect that to your Mac, and away you go.
You want a NAS? Synology makes a lot of really good and reasonably accessible ones, from the small – 2 to 4 bays – to the ridiculous – eight bays. How much storage do you want? I have 96 TB, which, after turning on RAID6, gives me 64 TB. I am ecstatic about how much storage I have. I will never run out. I can keep backups for almost ever! How big is big enough? Only you know. > On Sep 2, 2025, at 5:23 AM, 'Andrew' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > So Apple is stopping support for AFP protocol for time machine backups. I > have two questions: > 1. Can Timemachine backup to a usb external drive attached to a third party > router, and if yes, how I would go about configuring this? > 2. Can anyone recommend an external NAS device that’s accessible? > > Many thanks > > Andrew > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8898EAFA-8FBF-43BC-9515-9B5F0D75588E%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6C6530AC-D017-464B-835C-1177F84DE9B7%40noisynotes.com.
