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dbonneville
Follower
Mar 26, 2019

Can't get Time Machine to work with Nighthawk

Mac OS Mojave 10.14.3 Nighthawk(R) X4S R7800 Router Firmware Version V1.0.2.62 (just updated)   I bought a new 1TB Seagate SSD external HD. I formatted it according to the instructions low...
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metrologuy
Aspirant
Mar 17, 2020

Oh so close. Your detailed instructions are great. But when I try to backup with the HD connected to the router, I get a Time Machine failure "don't have required permissions" to write to the disk. I can't change the permissions to Read&Write. Any way around this? Thanks again.

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wkuchrisn
Star
Mar 17, 2020

Does it work when it's connected directly? Was it a clean drive beforehand and you formatted it during this process?