Unable to restore Mac from TM backup stored on Synology

[karlnyhus]

I remember @ChrisUpchurch recommending Arq over Time Machine.

@ChrisUpchurch

I have never found Time Machine over the network to be reliable. This has been true whether the target was a Time Capsule, NAS, or a network share from another Mac. I’ve switched to Arq for my network backups. It’s been far more reliable and consistent for me so far.

And then I ran across this older post by @tjluoma, and now I want to try Arq to my Time Capsule the next time it craps out and tells me I need to start over with my Time Machine backup.

Time Machine over a network is a mess, using Arq instead - Software - MPU Talk

So, yeah, Carbon Copy Cloner for backups to my direct-connect external drives and Arq for network backups.