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9.
Enter the password (
password
), and the backup begins.
Time Machine USB Drive Backup
If you are already using Time Machine software with your USB hard drive, you can skip this
section.
To set up a USB drive for Time Machine:
1.
Physically connect the USB hard drive to your Mac.
2.
On your Mac, go to the magnifying glass at the top right of the desktop, and search for
disk
utility
.
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3.
Open the Disk Utility and format your drive, as shown here.
The router supports GUID and MBR partitions only. To see how to change the partition
scheme, see
Change the Partition Scheme
on page
70.
You can now use Time Machine wirelessly by connecting the USB hard drive to your router.
To back up a Mac onto a USB drive attached to the router USB port:
1.
From your Mac Desktop, open Macintosh HD or Finder.
2.
Click the
Connect As
button.
3.
In the pop-up window, select
Registered User
, and enter
admin
as the user name and
password
as the password.
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4.
Click
Connect
.
After connecting, you can list connected devices. One extra device, called admin,
displays whenever you log in as admin.
5.
From the Apple menu, select
System Preferences
, and then open Time Machine.
6.
Click
Select Disk
and select the backup disk.
7.
Click the
Use for Backup
button to complete your selection.
If you do not see the HDD, use Mac Finder to locate it. Then select it in Time Machine.
8.
Enter the password (
password
), and the backup begins.
Before You Back up a Large Amount of Data
Before you back up a large amount of data with Time Machine, NETGEAR recommends that
you do the following to ensure a successful operation:
1.
Upgrade the operating system of the Mac machine.
2.
Verify and repair the backup disk and the local disk.
3.
Verify and repair the permissions on the local disk.
4.
Set Energy Saver.
a.
From the Apple menu, select
System Preferences
.
b.
From the View menu, select
Energy Saver
.
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c.
On the Energy Saver screen, select
Wake for Ethernet network access
.
d.
Click the Back arrow to exit this screen. Your changes are saved.
5.
Modify your Security settings.
a.
From the Apple menu, select
System Preferences
.
b.
From the View menu, select
Security
.
c.
On the Security screen, leave the
Log out after minutes of inactivity
check box
cleared
(not selected).
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Change the Partition Scheme
To run with the router, the partition scheme on your Mac has to be set to either GUID or MBR.
To make sure the partition scheme is set to one of these supported schemes:
1.
Open the Disk Utility and select your USB drive.
2.
Select the
Partition
tab.
3.
Select
Volume Scheme
and set the number of partitions you would like to use.
4.
Click
Options
, and the Partition options appear.
5.
Select
GUID Partition Table
or
Master Boot Record
(MBR).
6.
Click
OK
.
Back Up an SD Card onto the Internal HDD
The SD card reader supports SD, MMC, MS, or MS Pro type cards. You can use the Backup
button on the side of the router to backup files and folders on an SD card onto the internal
HDD. This is a convenient way to back up files such as pictures from a digital camera.
To back up all files and folders on an SD card:
An internal HDD must be installed inside the router.
1.
Plug the SD card into the SD card reader on the side of the router.
2.
Press the
Backup
button on the side of the router for 2 seconds.
The HDD LED starts blinking green.

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