Netgear AC1900 Nighthawk™ Owner's Manual

For the format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Click the OK button.

Click the Apply button.

Before you back up a large amount of data with Time Machine, NETGEAR recommends that 
you follow this procedure.

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Upgrade the operating system of the Mac computer.

Verify and repair the backup disk and the local disk.

Verify and repair the permissions on the local disk.

Set Energy Saver.
a. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.
b.  From the View menu, select Energy Saver.
c.  Select the Power Adapter tab.
d.  Select the Wake for Wi-Fi network access check box.
e.  Click the Back arrow to save the changes and exit the screen.

Modify your Security settings.
a. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.
b.  From the View menu, select Security and click the Advanced button at the bottom 

of the screen.

c.  Leave the Log out after minutes of inactivity check box cleared.

You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard disk drive that 
is connected to one of the router’s USB ports. 

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71).

If you plan to back up a large amount of data, see 

72.

Insert your USB storage drive into a USB port on the router.

If your USB drive has a power supply, you must use it when you 
connect the USB drive to the router.

The blue USB 3.0 port on the front of the router performs faster than the USB 2.0 port on 
the rear panel of the router.