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Phen707
Dec 07, 2011Aspirant
Two Macs in House - Time Machine Setup
Hi there, We have 2 Macbooks in the house and I wondered if it was possible to setup a complete time machine solution for both of them on the one NAS. I have had a look around and couldn't find ...
mdgm-ntgr
Dec 07, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
Yes. I backup several Macs to the one ReadyNAS.
Follow the guide here: http://www.readynas.com/TimeMachine
If you set a quota of 500GB (default), each Mac will be individually limited to 500GB, but also collectively limited to 500GB.
Security mode is set under Security > Security Mode in Frontview. It is strongly recommended to use User Mode (you may have problems if you use Share mode). If you are currently using Share Mode, please migrate to user mode: http://sphardy.com/web/readynas/how-to-migrate-to-user-security-mode/
Follow the guide here: http://www.readynas.com/TimeMachine
If you set a quota of 500GB (default), each Mac will be individually limited to 500GB, but also collectively limited to 500GB.
Security mode is set under Security > Security Mode in Frontview. It is strongly recommended to use User Mode (you may have problems if you use Share mode). If you are currently using Share Mode, please migrate to user mode: http://sphardy.com/web/readynas/how-to-migrate-to-user-security-mode/
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