/timemachine_automount_unmount

timemachine_automount_unmount is used to auto-mount & unmount a USB Hard drive for timeMachine backups.

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timemachine_automount_unmount

timemachine_automount_unmount is used to automount & unmount a USB Harddrive for timemachine backups.

This Repo is for setting up timemachine_automount_unmount

I have a USB backup drive connected through USB hub at work to my Macbook Pro and I often find myself wanting to quickly unplug and go without the consequences of the drive not being ejected properly. As well, I need the drive to be mounted so that Time Machine can do its automatic backups.

This is based on a blog post my coworker shared with me a few years ago.

There is one caveat, in that when attempting to restore files from your Time Machine drive, you will need to disable the launch agents, as well you should re-activate Time Machine in the system preferences so that the system recognizes the drive for restore purposes.

How do I get set up?

Required:

  • USB Harddrive
  • Time Machine configured to use the USB hardrive as the backup Volume.
  • Checkout this repo
  • run the setup utility(setup_timemachine_bacups.py)

NOTE: It is important that you all ready have timemachine configured to use your USB harddrive and that you know the name of the Volume of the drive.

NOTE: It is also important to note that the setup utility uses the sudo command, so you will want to make sure to do one of the following:

  • Before running setup_timemachine_bacups.py make sure to either run sudo once before so it doesn't ask you for a password
sudo ls
  • or also before running setup_timemachine_bacups.py add the following to your /etc/sudoers file:

REPLACE:

%admin  ALL=(ALL) ALL

WITH:

%admin  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

you can do this with the following comand to open the sudoers file in an editor and do the replacement.

sudo visudo

EXAMPLE:

python setup_timemachine_bacups.py -b <NAME OF BACKUP VOL>
python setup_timemachine_bacups.py --backup <NAME OF BACKUP VOL>

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