HOW TO SET UP NETWORKED TIME MACHINE BACKUPS FOR A HOUSEHOLD
Apple’s Time Capsule base station put a Wi-Fi access point, a network router, and a backup drive that tied into Time Machine all in a single box. That was its downfall, too: if the drive failed or became corrupted, you had relatively few options. Apple stopped selling Time Capsule devices in 2018, and many readers still miss them.
You can simulate a Time Capsule if you have a desktop Mac that’s always on and has a robust network connection. A few asides:
• You can use network-attached storage (NAS), but not all NAS systems support Time Machine. I’ve also heard many stories of inconsistent performance.
• Your computer acting as a networked Time Machine destination doesn’t have to be on all the time. But it does
