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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop

 

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Because for certain operations hardware needs to be plugged directly into each other.?

My best guess is that some of the needed status signals between the two pieces of hardware get muddled when going thru a hub.?

In my own experience I have a proprietary RAID, a Drobo, that has a proprietary software dashboard. The dashboard only works if the two are connected directly.?

But since the model I have doesn¡¯t do NAS, I plug it into my Airport, which also acts as a wired hub or router to my various Macs. In my case, since I am not looking for a scheduled, automate event like a backup to occur, it doesn¡¯t matter. When I need the dashboard, maybe once a year, then I plug it in directly, run the dashboard, then switch it back.?

Brent

On my iPhone Xr

On May 4, 2025, at 07:29, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote:

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Thank you but I am a little uncertain as to what you mean. ?The Mac Mini (is this what you are referring to as "the unit"?) works fine on its own. ?I have plugged the hub into the Mac Mini with two different cables. ?I tried an external drive (not the hub) and Time Machine worked as expected with it. ?
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