@woozle Hi Woozle, thanks for the response. I did try the suggestion and unfortunately still landed in same place. Apologies to TP-Link as sounds like it's just not their issue. I'm very happy with...

@ArizonaCalor Had also found this thread from Apple Support but didn't get me to the finish line. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102423

@Rustopher @punkypj Exact same issue with same result. Frustrating... Will continue to plug the external drive directly into my MacBook in order to backup. TP-Link will point to Apple and Apple will...