Netgear Time Machine User Manual
Time Machine Setup for Routers
User Manual
August 2015
202-11590-02
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Time Machine Setup for Routers
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Compliance
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See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Prepare Your USB HDD and Mac Computer
Chapter 2 Back Up With Time Machine
Supported Mac Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supported NETGEAR Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supported USB Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Prepare Your Mac to Back Up a Large Amount of Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Use Time Machine to Back Up Onto a USB Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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1. Prepare Your USB HDD and Mac
Computer
You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computer onto a USB hard disk drive (HDD)
that is connected to one of the router’s USB ports. Before you back up using Time Machine, read
this chapter to prepare your USB HDD and Mac computer.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Supported Mac Operating Systems
• Supported NETGEAR Routers
• Supported USB Hard Disk Drives
• Set Up a USB Hard Drive on a Mac
• Prepare Your Mac to Back Up a Large Amount of Data
For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the support website at
http://support.netgear.com.
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Supported Mac Operating Systems
To determine if your Mac computer supports Time Machine, see the Apple support site or
see the documentation that came with your Mac.
Note: The images used in this user manual were taken on a MacBook Air
running OS X Yosemite.
Supported NETGEAR Routers
To determine if your NETGEAR router supports Time Machine, see your router’s user
manual, which is available at
http://downloadcenter.netgear.com.
Supported USB Hard Disk Drives
For the most up-to-date list of USB HDDs that your router supports, visit
http://kbserver.netgear.com/readyshare.
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. Connect a USB HDD to a USB port on your Mac computer.
2. On your Mac, go to the Spotlight (or the magnifying glass), which is at the top right of your
computer’s menu bar, and search for Disk Utility.
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3. Open the Disk Utility, select your hard disk drive, click the Erase tab, and click the Erase
button.
4. Click the Partition tab.
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