Using Time Machine With The Nas; Overview; Time Machine Screen; Using Time Machine - ZyXEL Communications NAS Series User Manual

21.1 Overview

Time Machine is a backup system provided by Mac OS X. It automatically backs up everything on
your Mac, including pictures, music, videos, documents, applications, and settings. This chapter
helps you to enable Time Machine in OS X to use your NAS as a backup volume.

21.2 Time Machine Screen

Use the Time Machine screen to turn Time Machine support on or off, and designate the share for
Time Machine backups.
Click Applications > Time Machine to open the following screen.
Figure 170 Applications > Time Machine
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 100 Applications > Time Machine
LABEL
Enable Time
Machine
Share
Apply
Reset

21.3 Using Time Machine

After enabling Time Machine on the NSA, follow the steps below to set up Time Machine on your
Mac to use your NAS for backup.

Using Time Machine with the NAS

DESCRIPTION
Select this to allow Macs to use Time Machine to back up to the NAS. Clear it to turn off
Time Machine support.
Select the share the NAS uses to store Time Machine backups.
Click this to save your changes.
Click this to restore the screen's last-saved settings.
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