jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB v3.2.0

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There is now a macOS GUI installer app (for macOS 14+)

• Download TimeCapsuleSMB.app.zip below
• Can use your old AFP backups, now fully supports native Apple metadata on HFS filesystem

What's Changed

• Install and reboot reliability: no more random factory resets on deploy! (Hopefully)
  • Reboot through Apple's firmware so it can save AirPort settings before shutting down
  • Keep the Mac from idle-sleeping during long installs and maintenance operations
• Device stability and speed
  • Add recovery for an Apple kernel buffer-cache stall that can leave SMB and SSH unresponsive
  • Keep Apple's normal buffer-cache settings, with temporary adjustments only while recovering a stall
  • Avoid repeated slow reverse-DNS lookups when logging in over SSH
• Device setup and errors
  • Mark unsupported discovered devices, including AirPort Express, before offering setup
  • Report SSH being turned off, an unreachable device, rejected credentials and dropped connections separately
  • Offer “Open SSH Access” when SSH needs enabling
  • Skip missing Bonjour advertisements and NetBIOS timeouts when this computer is outside the device's networks
• macOS app
  • Bundle macOS Sonoma versions of smbclient and sshpass, including the Samba libraries they need
  • Stop dashboard activity after cancelling an operation
  • Wait for helper cleanup before enabling retries or starting another operation
  • Keep confirmation prompts tied to the correct device and request

Full Changelog: v3.1.2...v3.2.0