Objective: backup a Mac to a samba share.

For reference: I am running MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1 and default Samba (2:4.17.12) on Debian stable (Bookworm).

On the Samba side, create a new share and add a section to /etc/samba/smb.conf

[Time Machine]
path = /data …

Some of my currently unused 2.5-inch drives

Over the years I have accumulated so many hard drives at home it is getting ridiculous. Last time I went through a decommissioning frenzy I must have dumped at least twenty of them to the tech recycle bin. Sizes ranged from several …