User Manual

To back up data on your Mac to your ReadyNAS system using Time Machine:
1. Log in to your ReadyNAS.
2. Select Backup > Time Machine.
3. If the Shared Time Machine Enable slide switch is not already set to On, set it to On.
4. Change the default user name and password.
The default user name is ReadyNAS and the default password is the login password
for the ReadyNAS. You use these credentials later when connecting to the ReadyNAS
from the Mac.
5. 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 302.) 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.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Software Manual301Backup and Recovery
ReadyNAS OS 6.10