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bjrnptrsn

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Jul 26, 2022
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Hi,

I have the issue getting a APFS sparsebundle volume (copied to smb server) work with Time Machine by attaching the volume via "hdiutil attach /path/to/sparsebundle/" (for automated attach on startup).
Time Machine starts up (prepare backup) but stops without copying any file.
Instead, if I I attach the same volume through double-click (open with: DiskImageMounter) it works flawlessly.
That seems to make no sense to me.

On the other hand, the same procedure (using hdiutil) works when I attach an HFS+J sparsebundle (also copied to smb server).

Any suggestion how to get it work with APFS?


System: MBA M1, macOS 12.5

Cheers.
 
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