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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
60.
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.
To access the drive with Time Machine:
1.
From your Mac, open Macintosh HD.
2.
From SHARED, click
WNDR4500
.
3.
Click the
Connect As
button in the upper right corner.
4.
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. One extra device,
called
admin
, displays whenever you log in as
admin
.
•
If you are backing up a large amount of data, see
Before You Back Up a Large
Amount of Data
on page
58.
5.
From the Apple menu, select
System Preferences
. Open Time Machine. Click
Select Disk
and select 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.
Show Time Machine status in the menu bar
Click the lock to prevent further changes.
OFF
ON
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.
N
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
“WNDR4500” so that Time Machine can access it.
Connect as:
Name:
Guest
Registered User
Password:
admin
Cancel
Connect
6.
Enter the password (the same one you use to log in to the router as admin), and backup
begins.
T_Drive
iDisk
Remote Disc
NO NAME
Mac OS X Install DVD
Desktop
tecqa
Applications
Documents
Today
Yesterday
Past Week
All Images
All Movies
All Documents
WNDR3800
DEVICES
SHARED
PLACES
SEARCH FOR
999.54 GB available
Disconnect
WNDR4500
Connected as: admin
admin
S_Drive
T_Drive
USB_Storage
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.
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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
.
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c.
On the Security screen, leave the
Log out after minutes of inactivity
check box
cleared
(not selected).
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 that 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.

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