Back Up A Mac To A Readynas System With Time Machine - NETGEAR RNR4410 - ReadyNAS 1100 NAS Server Software Manual

Back Up a Mac to a ReadyNAS System with Time Machine

If you have a Mac, you can use Time Machine to back it up to your ReadyNAS system. In
FrontView, enable Time Machine support on your ReadyNAS system. Then, on your Mac,
select your ReadyNAS system as your backup disk.
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To enable Time Machine support:
1. From the FrontView main menu, select Backup > Time Machine.
2. Select Enable Time Machine support.
3. In the Password field, create a password.
The user name is ReadyNAS and cannot be changed.
4. In the Capacity field, enter a maximum size in GB for the Time Machine share.
If you leave this field blank or enter zero, your Time Machine backup can use all available
space on your ReadyNAS system. If you enter a size, the backup can use whatever is
smaller: all available space or the size entered.
5. Click the Apply button.
The AFP protocol is enabled, if it was not enabled already.
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To back up your Mac to your ReadyNAS system:
1. Open System Preferences and click Time Machine.
2. Click Select Disk.
3. Select ReadyNAS and click Use Backup Disk or Use for Backup.
A dialog box displays.
4. Enter ReadyNAS as the user name, enter the password you created in the previous
procedure, and click Connect.
Your Mac starts to back up your files to the ReadyNAS system. The first backup can take
several hours.
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