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What causes TimeMachine backups to fail on NAS devices?

The newest fun part: with the latest update the network connections with enabled Firewall are stable, but if you backup your Mac with TimeMachine to a NAS device, the backup is no longer working. Stops between 200 and 400MB.




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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Oct 4, 2024 4:35 AM

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Posted on Oct 6, 2024 4:39 AM

Tl;dr. This tip also worked for me. Thanks!

Waiting fix from Apple.


Details:

I have Synology NAS and use Time Machine service (all device in same local network). It's working fine for years.

After successful update to Sonoma 15.0.1 i received error message:


The backup disk image was ejected or disconnected from your Mac while backing up.


I tried restart my devices. Also I checked wifi connection. All working fine, but backup not work.

After reading comment I just turn off firewall, and backup ended successfully.





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Oct 30, 2024 5:50 PM in response to matthias260

summary: 15.1 fixes it for me.


15.0.0 and 15.0.1 broke Time Machine backups for me as described in this thread. disabling Apple firewall in network settings was the workaround.


15.1 fixes it. I no longer need to disable the Apple firewall for Time Machine backups to complete on my Symplogy NAS.


Software: Little Snitch Mini and Cloudflare Warp.


hardware: MacBook Air M3 and Synology DS220+ NAS.


What causes TimeMachine backups to fail on NAS devices?

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