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ReadyNAS OS 6.1
Time Machine
You can use Mac OS X Time Machine to back up data on your Mac computer to your
ReadyNAS storage system.
Back Up Your Mac Using Time Machine
To back up data on your Mac to your ReadyNAS system using Time Machine:
1. On the local admin page for your ReadyNAS, select Backup > T
ime Machine.
2. Set the On-Off slider so the slider shows the On position.
3. In the Capacity field, enter the maximum amount of space on your ReadyNAS storage
system that you want to devote to
Time Machine backups.
Note: The first time you run Time Machine on your Mac, a sparse bundle is
created on your ReadyNAS to store the backup data. The maximum
size of the sparse bundle is the size that you specify in the Capacity
field. Make sure that you allocate more space than is needed so that
the sparse bundle can accommodate additional data later.
If you want to increase the size of the sparse bundle, you must
delete the sparse bundle and create a new
Time Machine backup.
(See Increase Your Time Machine Backup Capacity on page 264.)
After you run Time Machine for the first time, simply changing the
number in the Capacity field does not increase the size of the sparse
bundle.
4. Create a password and enter it in the Password field.
5. Click the Apply button.