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CHAPTER 14
Using Time Machine with the NSA
14.1 Overview
Time Machine is a backup system provided by Mac OS X. It automatically backs up everything on
your Mac, including pictures, music, videos, documents, applications, and settings. This chapter
helps you to enable Time Machine in OS X to use your NSA as a backup volume.
14.2 Time Machine Screen
Use the Time Machine screen to turn Time Machine support on or off, and designate the share for
Time Machine backups.
Click Applications > Time Machine to open the following screen.
Figure 191 Applications > Time Machine
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
14.3 Using Time Machine
After enabling Time Machine on the NSA, follow the steps below to set up Time Machine on your
Mac to use your NSA for backup.
Table 98 Applications > Time Machine
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Time
Machine
Select this to allow Macs to use Time Machine to back up to the NSA. Clear it to turn off
Time Machine support.
Share Select the share the NSA uses to store Time Machine backups.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore the screen’s last-saved settings.