TimeCapsuleSMB
Jun 16 2026
This Apple Insider article, Time Capsule support is dead in macOS 27, but you can keep the hardware alive, points to this Github project, TimeCapsuleSMB, to install SMB4 on Time Capsules so that they can work as Time Machine destinations in latest macOS.
I do have a Time Capsule that I only use as a network disk (I turned off WiFi and DHCP since I have a newer router to do that) and only for backing up the servers (it has 3 TB space which was a lot back then but too small for my MBP M4 unless I omit a lot of data files). Mac mini is using 110 GB so Time Capsule backups will be good as they can run hourly.
It was actually pretty easy to install. I just followed the "Quick Start (macOS app)" section which involves:
After that I went to my Mac mini and could see it as a Time Machine backup disk (you connect with the admin password which is interesting, I thought it would use Disk password).
I do have a Time Capsule that I only use as a network disk (I turned off WiFi and DHCP since I have a newer router to do that) and only for backing up the servers (it has 3 TB space which was a lot back then but too small for my MBP M4 unless I omit a lot of data files). Mac mini is using 110 GB so Time Capsule backups will be good as they can run hourly.
It was actually pretty easy to install. I just followed the "Quick Start (macOS app)" section which involves:
- Download the TimeCapsuleSMB app
- Add your Time Capsule (provide admin password)
- Run Install/Update which takes two or three minutes
After that I went to my Mac mini and could see it as a Time Machine backup disk (you connect with the admin password which is interesting, I thought it would use Disk password).