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N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4300
Time Machine Backup
If you are already using Time Machine software with your USB hard drive, you can skip this
section.
To set up a USB drive for Time Machine:
1. Physically connect the USB hard drive to your Mac.
2. On your Mac, go to the magnifying glass at the top right of the desktop, and search for disk
utility.
3. Open the Disk Utility and format your drive, as shown here.
The router supports GUID and MBR partitions only. To see how to change the partition
scheme, see Change the Partition Scheme on page 60.
You can now use Time Machine wirelessly by connecting the USB hard drive to your router.
To back up a Mac onto a USB drive attached to the router USB port:
1. From your Mac Desktop, open Macintosh HD or Finder
.
2. Click WNDR4300 in the SHARED section.
If the WNDR4300 is not displayed, wait a few seconds and make sure that your network
connection is established.
3. Click the Connect As button.