Didn't work for me when backing up to a TM volume on FreeNAS, but oh well. ```bash #! /usr/bin/env bash # # Source: # https://www.reddit.com/r/freenas/comments/akqd2d/time_machine_must_create_a_new_backup_for_you/ # set -euo pipefail IFS=$'\n\t' if [[ $(whoami) != 'root' ]]; then exit 1 fi read -r -p 'Enter Time Machine Hostname: ' HOSTNAME read -r -p 'Enter Share: ' SHARE read -r -p 'Enter Username: ' USERNAME read -r -s -p 'Enter Password: ' PASSWORD TM_NAME=$(hostname -s | sed -e 's/-/ /g') MOUNT=/Volumes/TimeMachine SPARSEBUNDLE=$MOUNT/$TM_NAME.sparsebundle PLIST=$SPARSEBUNDLE/com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist echo "Disabling Time Machine" tmutil disable echo "Mounting volume" mkdir -p $MOUNT mount_afp "afp://$USERNAME:$PASSWORD@$HOSTNAME/$SHARE" "$MOUNT" # If mounting via SMB # mount_smbfs "smb://$USERNAME:$PASSWORD@$HOSTNAME/$SHARE" "$MOUNT" echo "Changing file and folder flags" chflags -R nouchg "$SPARSEBUNDLE" echo "Attaching sparse bundle" DISK="$(hdiutil attach -nomount -readwrite -noverify -noautofsck "${SPARSEBUNDLE}" | grep Apple_HFS | cut -f 1 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')" echo "$DISK" read -r -p "Press enter to continue" echo "Repairing volume" #diskutil repairVolume $DISK fsck_hfs -fry $DISK echo "Fixing Properties" cp "$PLIST" "$PLIST.backup" sed -e '/RecoveryBackupDeclinedDate/{N;d;}' \ -e '/VerificationState/{n;s/2/0/;}' \ "$PLIST.backup" \ > "$PLIST" echo "Unmounting volumes" hdiutil detach "$DISK" umount "$MOUNT" echo "Enabling Time Machine" tmutil enable echo "Starting backup" tmutil startbackup exit 0 ```