Netgear R6220 User Manual - Page 64

Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine, Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac

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AC1200 Smart WiFi Router with External Antennas  To back up your Windows computer: 1. Connect a USB HDD to the router USB port. 2. Download ReadySHARE Vault from www.netgear.com/readyshare and install it on each Windows computer. 3. Launch ReadySHARE Vault. 4. Use the dashboard or the Backup tab to set up and run your backup. Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard drive that is connected to the router USB port. You can access the connected storage device from your Mac with a wired or wireless connection to your router. Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac NETGEAR recommends that you use a new USB HDD or format your old USB disk to do the Time Machine backup for the first time. Use a blank partition to prevent some issues during backup using Time Machine. The router supports GUID or MBR partitions.  To format your USB hard disk drive and specify partitions: 1. Physically connect the USB hard drive to your Mac. 2. On your Mac, go to Spotlight (or the magnifying glass) at the top right of the screen and search for Disk Utility. 3. To format your USB device, open the Disk Utility, click the Erase tab, and click the Erase button. 4. Click the Partition tab. 5. Click Partition Layout and set the number of partitions that you want to use. 6. Click the Options button. The Partition options display. 7. Select the GUID Partition Table or Master Boot Record radio button. 8. For the format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled). 9. Click the OK button. 10. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. Prepare to Back Up a Large Amount of Data Before you back up a large amount of data with Time Machine, NETGEAR recommends that you follow this procedure. Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router 64

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Share a Storage Device Attached to the Router
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AC1200 Smart WiFi Router with External Antennas
To back up your Windows computer:
1.
Connect a USB HDD to the router USB port.
2.
Download ReadySHARE Vault from
www.netgear.com/readyshare
and install it on each
Windows computer.
3.
Launch ReadySHARE Vault.
4.
Use the dashboard or the
Backup
tab to set up and run your backup.
Back Up Mac Computers with Time Machine
You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard drive that is
connected to the router USB port. You can access the connected storage device from your
Mac with a wired or wireless connection to your router.
Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac
NETGEAR recommends that you use a new USB HDD or format your old USB disk to do the
Time Machine backup for the first time. Use a blank partition to prevent some issues during
backup using Time Machine. The router supports GUID or MBR partitions.
To format your USB hard disk drive and specify partitions:
1.
Physically connect the USB hard drive to your Mac.
2.
On your Mac, go to
Spotlight
(or the magnifying glass) at the top right of the screen and
search for
Disk Utility
.
3.
To format your USB device, open the Disk Utility, click the
Erase
tab, and click the
Erase
button.
4.
Click the
Partition
tab.
5.
Click
Partition Layout
and set the number of partitions that you want to use.
6.
Click the
Options
button.
The Partition options display.
7.
Select the
GUID Partition Table
or
Master Boot Record
radio button.
8.
For the format, select
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
.
9.
Click the
OK
button.
10.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Prepare to Back Up a Large Amount of Data
Before you back up a large amount of data with Time Machine, NETGEAR recommends that
you follow this procedure.