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Created December 17, 2020 12:47
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TimeMachine backup on APFS Volume
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script.sh
# Create a Journaled HFS+ disk image on the drive
# Size is limited to 250GB but you can change that
# Volume name is TM
# The image name is TimeMachine
# Note this image is not encrypted. Save this image to an encrypted volume.
hdiutil create -size 250gb -layout GPTSPUD -fs "Journaled HFS+" -volname "TM" -type SPARSEBUNDLE -nospotlight -tgtimagekey sparse-band-size=262144 /Volumes/T7/TimeMachine.sparsebundle
# Mount the disk image and then set TimeMachine to use the new disk
sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/TM/
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