Will Time Machine backup an iTunes library that's stored on a network share?

[jagooch]

I store my iTunes library on a Synology NAS and access it from an SMB share. The library is larger the SSD in my Macbook, so I cannot store it locally.

Does Time Machine back a library that is on a network drive?

I entered Time Machine today and tried to navigate to the iTunes library share but it isn't there. That leads me to believe that it isn't being backed up.

If it isn't being backed up, is there a way to get Time Machine to back it up? If not, is there an alternative? If I remember correctly, Backblaze will not back up network drives. I'm not aware of another backup service for Macs, but I am open to suggestions.

It's taken me countless hours to organize my library, fixing song/album info, download album art, etc, in addition to the cost of buying tons of music from various sources.

 

[techwarrior]

Probably not. Time Machine can backup external drives that are MacOS formatted, but I don’t think network drives.

When you use shared drives for media storage, basically everything but the media files are kept on the Mac boot drive and thus backed up. The NAS typically has its own resiliency.