Request for review of basic backup plan RN10200 OS 6.6.1 (Newbie)

Stephen,

I have some questions already. I really like the idea of: 

" you can use a Mac utility to copy the full data volume from the NAS to the USB drive instead of using the NAS backup jobs.  For instance, FreeFileSync."

      The question then becomes, if ReadyCould goes down and I lose access to the NAS, I assume my backup will be useless to restore the NAS as it is in OSX format.

" unfortunately the NAS doesn't support the native OSX filesystems.  One option is to get the paragon NTFS software for OSX, and format the USB drive to use ntfs.  Then you can read (and write) to the USB drive from both OSX and Windows systems."

    So, it would appear that my best and simplest bet is to get the Pafagon NTFS software for OSX, share my USB drive via my MAC and do my backups that way. Yes/No? Also would I use the NAS web ui to back up to the USB drive?

Finally, 

You do need to eject the drive before you remove it.  There are two methods

1. You can set up the backup job to eject when done
2. You can manually eject (system->volumes, then click on the settings wheel next to the USB volume)

    My USB volume does not show up under system>volumes

Thanks so much!