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by snapetom 2096 days ago
> Cargo-cult HOWTOs is the only explanation I can think of.

Pretty much. When I google "raspberry Pi time machine," every result I see, except one, tells you to do the HFS+/AFP method. These results include content churning sites like techradar and howtogeek.

The only site that recommends ext4/smb that comes up, fourth on my list of results, is this one: https://mudge.name/2019/11/12/using-a-raspberry-pi-for-time-...