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CHAPTER 19
Using Time Machine with the NSA
19.1 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 allow and use your NSA as a backup volume.
Follow the steps below to set up Time Machine on your Mac so your NSA can be used for backup.
1 Create an Account and a Share on the NSA
2 Set Time Machine to Support Network Volume
3 Mounting the NSA on the Mac
4 Creating a Sparse Bundle File for the NSA
5 Using Time Machine
19.2 Create an Account and a Share on the NSA
Before configuring Time Machine on your Mac, you need to create an account and a share on the
NSA through Web GUI using a Web browser.
1 Login to your NSA. Click Sharing > Users to display the Users screen. Click Add User.