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OSX Time Machine backup to filesystem.md

Time Machine configuration for filesystem

Create a case sensitive sparse bundle on the destination folder with:

hdiutil create -size 500g -type SPARSEBUNDLE -fs "HFS+J" -fsargs -s -volname 'TimeMachine' TimeMachine.sparsebundle

Tell TM to inherit it (sets the correct label):

sudo tmutil inheritbackup /path/to/TimeMachine.sparsebundle

Mount the sparsebundle.

Add as destination for backups:

sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/TimeMachine

(Partial reference )

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