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Lu
Aug 14, 2015Aspirant
Can you back up your Mac to ReadyNas without using TimeMachine?
Can you back up your Mac to ReadyNas without using TimeMachine? I do not want to use TimeMachine to backup my computer because I do not want TimeMachine to erase my old backs once the drives are ...
StephenB
Aug 14, 2015Guru
Any backup software running on the Mac that can write to network drives will work.
- LuAug 14, 2015Aspirant
So I'm not sure how I would do this. Is this something I would need to do through the Admin page of RAIDar?
- StephenBAug 15, 2015Guru
Lu wrote:
So I'm not sure how I would do this. Is this something I would need to do through the Admin page of RAIDar?
No - it has nothing to do with the NAS administration. You'd purchase a third-party backup software package for the Mac that supports network drives, and mount the backup share you want to use on the NAS on the Mac.
For instance, http://store.hermanstreet.com/mac-software-data-backup-3-for-mac-download. Note I am not a Mac user, so I am not recommending this particular software. There are several third party backup programs reviewed here: http://mac-backup-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
I do something similar with my Windows systems - back them up to the NAS with Acronis TrueImage.
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