Netgear WNDR4700 User Manual - Page 64

Time Machine HDD Backup, To back up a Mac onto an HDD in the router, WNDR4700, Connect

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CENTRIA WNDR4700/WNDR4720 Time Machine HDD Backup Time Machine works on Mac computers only, and automatically backs up your computer.  To back up a Mac onto an HDD in the router: 1. From your Mac Desktop, open Macintosh HD or Finder. 2. Select WNDR4700 from the SHARED list in the left menu. 3. Click the Connect As button. 4. In the pop-up window, select Registered User, and enter admin as the user name and password as the password. 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 then 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 HDD, use Mac Finder to locate it. Then select it in Time Machine. Storage 64

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CENTRIA WNDR4700/WNDR4720
Time Machine HDD Backup
Time Machine works on Mac computers only, and automatically backs up your computer.
To back up a Mac onto an HDD in the router:
1.
From your Mac Desktop, open Macintosh HD or Finder.
2.
Select
WNDR4700
from the SHARED list in the left menu.
3.
Click the
Connect As
button.
4.
In the pop-up window, select
Registered User
, and enter
admin
as the user name and
password
as the password.
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 then 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 HDD, use Mac Finder to locate it. Then select it in Time Machine.