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Time Machine
Time Machine works only on Mac computers. It automatically backs up everything on your
computer to a USB hard drive that is connected to the Mac.
Set Up Time Machine
If you are already using Time Machine software with your USB hard drive, you can skip the
set up and go directly to the following section,
Access the Connected USB Hard Drive
.
To set up 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
.
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 85.
You can now use Time Machine wirelessly by connecting the USB hard drive to your C router.
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Access the Connected USB Hard Drive
After the initial set up explained in the previous section, you can access the connected USB
hard drive from Your Mac or PC.
To access the drive:
1.
Start ReadySHARE:
•
On a Mac: Select
Go > Connect to Server,
and then type:
smb://readyshare
•
On a PC: Select
Start > Run
, and then type:
\\readyshare
2.
From your MAC desktop, open
Macintosh HD
.
3.
Click the
Connect As
button. In the pop-up window, select
Registered User
, and enter
admin
as the user name and
password
as the password. Click
Connect
.
•
After connecting successfully, you can list your connected devices. Note that you see
one extra device, called
admin
, whenever you log in as
admin
.
•
If you are backing up a large amount of data, befor eyou contineu, see
Before You
Back up a Large Amount of Data
on page 83.
4.
From the Apple menu, select
System Preferences
. Open
Time Machine
. Click
Select Disk
and choose the backup disk. Click the
Use for Backup
button to complete your selection.
If you do not see the USB partition that you want to use for backup in the Time Machine
disk list, go to MAC finder, and click that USB partition.Then that device displays in the
Time Machine list.
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You are prompted to log in.
5.
Enter the password (the same one you use to log in to the router as admin) and 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
.
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b.
From the View menu, select
Energy Saver
.
c.
On the Energy Saver screen, select
Wake for Ethernet network access
.
d.
Click the Back arrow to exit this screen. Your changes will be 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
.
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