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Time Machine 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

.

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

59.

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 WNDR4300 in the SHARED section.

If the WNDR4300 is not displayed, wait a few seconds and make sure that your network

connection is established.

3.

Click the

Connect As

button.

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4.

In the pop-up window, select

Registered User

, and enter

admin

as the user name and

password

as the password.

Show Time Machine status in the menu bar

Click the lock to prevent further changes.

Time Machine

Time Machine

Show All

your music, pictures, and other inportant files. Since Time

Machine keeps daily backups, you can revisit your Mac as it

appeared in the past.

Time Machine

y

our music

,

p

ictures

,

and other in

p

ortant files

.

Since Time

Machine keeps daily backups, you can revisit your Mac as it

Enter your name and password for the server

“WNDR4300” so that Time Machine can access it.

Connect as:

Name:

Guest

Registered User

Password:

admin

Cancel

Connect

5.

Click

Connect

.

After connecting, you can list connected devices. One extra device, called admin,

displays whenever you log in as admin.

6.

From the Apple menu, select

System Preferences

and open Time Machine.

7.

Click

Select Disk

and select the backup disk.

8.

Click the

Use for Backup

button to complete your selection.

If you do not see the USB drive (for example, USB Storage on WNDR4300), use Mac

Finder to locate it. Then select it in Time Machine.

9.

Enter the password (

password

), click

Connect

, and the backup begins.

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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

.

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

.

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6.

ReadySHARE Printer

Share a printer connected to the USB port

ReadySHARE Printer is compatible with Macs and Windows PCs. It lets you connect a USB

printer to the router USB port, and access it wirelessly.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

ReadySHARE Printer

•

USB Control Center Utility

For more information about ReadySHARE features, visit

www.netgear.com/readyshare

.