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Can I backup directly to an AFP or SMB network file share? How about to a Time Capsule?

April 26, 2017AFP backup capsule directly file Network share SMB time

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Can I backup directly to an AFP or SMB network file share? How about to a Time Capsule?

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CCC can back up directly to an HFS+ formatted local volume, or to a disk image on any writable network volume. CCC cannot, however, backup directly to a network filesystem (e.g. AFP, SMB, Airport Extreme “Airdisk”, or Time Capsule). There are significant technical limitations to backing up an HFS+ filesystem to a non-HFS+ filesystem (most notably preservation of ownership and permission information), therefore I recommend and support backing up only to a disk image on non-HFS+ filesystems.