So, there are actually a few different things at work here. First of the errors here: /usr/local/mnt: No such file or directory ...means exactly what it sounds like. You specified the mount target (the point the new file system would attach on your file system) as /usr/local/mnt/ and that directory either does not exist or you don't have permission to it. That's what I'd expect, as that's not a standard macOS directory, so it won't exist unless you create it. The solution is to create the directory, change the permissions, or pick a new directory. I'm not familiar with how Time Machine on a NAS works I believe we still create disk images, which are then mounted and treated as local backup target volumes. That means there are actually two permission systems at work here: The permission of the smb volume the NAS device shares. The permission of the TimeMachine disk image. That difference is important, because it leads to the difference in behavior between this case: This was on a USB drive mounted with
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