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Thanks for the reply. So if I go with the EX2, I could strip my two drives Raid 0 resulting in a single 34TB volume and then in the WD Control panel select this volume as the Time Machine share setting the "Maximum Size" to 17TB which would leave 17TB for everything else (A/V server and co...

Time to upgrade my trusty 3TB OG WD My Cloud https://a.co/d/h2YIrhG to a current entry level NAS. Have narrowed down my choices to the following which are around the same price point: 1) QNAP TS-233-US 2 Bay https://a.co/d/7SxIERp currently discounted to $155 2) Western Digital Diskless My Cloud EX2...

’m so pleased with the performance of Time Machine on my EX2 since setting it . I'm using an older version of My Cloud than the EX2. Is your EX2 running the same firmware as mine v04.05.00-342 (ref. screen shot below)? There are no additional firmware updates available for my hardware version of My...

Assuming your running OS 14+? Did you have to reconfigure the WD Time Machine Back up disk with "Guest Access" vs "Registered User" (ref. support article below)? I'll give this a try and see if it makes any difference. https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/32004/se...

The WD and Synology support Time Machine in the firmware — it's in their browser app. The Qnap should be configurable but you will have to configure it manually and may need to create a Volume. With Ethernet, this will be done through a browser. Look at my Locations sidebar: the three circled drive...

OWC Express 1M2 USB 4 enclosure announced by OWC today. Price is right at $119 DIY. This could be the one to get. https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-express-1m2

I solved the issue with My Cloud not recognizing certain external drives connected via USB. Turns out WD My Cloud will only play nice with external USB drives that are 16TB or less. The 18TB Dell EMC Exos was recognized by My Cloud once I made a 2TB and 16TB partition (it won't recognize WD HDD that...

If you need the 3 additional USB-C/Thunderbolt ports this looks like a nice option. Also depends on how fast you need the drives to be (this should be more than sufficient for SF/X libraries Max listed is 770MB/s) and how much capacity. In my case, I needed a faster SSD with more capacity for video ...

Mike, do you use Safepoints to back up files on the internal My Cloud drive? I need a a back up solution for the files on My Cloud device without also backing up the Time Machine Back up on the external USB drive (this will take up too much space and at this point I don't need a back up of the back ...

I was finally able to get Time Machine back up working with a USB drive connected to a WD My Cloud by using a Western Digital Ultrastar HDD formatted Mac OS Extended Journaled (WD tech support was right, you do need to use a WD drive!). Plugged it in and it worked just fine and as we speak my Mac St...

If you can get the Volume on that Qnap to show up there, TimeMachine should see it when you open it and try to add a backup volume. Be sure to check the box to encrypt your backups, otherwise, certain data will not be backed up. Yes, also tried to see if I could get the Exos 18TB USB attached to My...

I'm on the phone with WD support right now and they are telling me only Western Digital Drives formatted HFS will work? Is this what you are using?

WD MyCloud devices support only one Time Machine Volume per device. Otherwise, you can pretty much configure as you like. Their manuals can be somewhat confusing. I recommend calling and have someone walk you through it. ‭1 (855) 493-7867‬. They can look at your screen which makes things go faster ...

I'd recommend BackBlaze in the cloud. Unlimited cloud backup for a single computer. $9/mo Caveat is you can't use NAS. I also run Time Machine on local USB2 HDs. I've been running Seagates for years... 8TB for Time Machine, 14TB for long-term storage. I omit VI samples from TM but keep them on Back...

You can find used WD MyCloud boxes on eBay. You want the ones with Ethernet ports. These are refurb'd by WD. They don't sell them empty anymore. The My Cloud Home is not a NAS box but it does support Time Machine and WD does have phone support. Normally, you set it up through your browser. Connect ...