

Please try manually unplug and plug the USB hard drive, please refer to How to monitor your USB hard drive on ASUS Router?ī. How to fix USB hard drive is connected to ASUS router but still not shown on Mac?Ī. Note: Ensure to enable Time machine on ASUS router before you set up your Mac.ġ. Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support Please follow the instructions on Apple website. Note: The storage of the disk must be larger than the MAC's.ħ. Set Time Machine Volume Size(0 refers to unlimited). Click on Backup Path and click your USB storage device.Ħ. Switch the button on Enable Time Machine to ON (Default is OFF)ĥ. Please refer to How to reset the router to factory default setting? for how to restore the router to default status.ģ. Note: If you forget the user name and/or password, please restore the router to the factory default status and setup. (The default username and password is admin/admin). Key in your router's username and password to log in. Please refer to How to enter the router setting page(Web GUI) (ASUSWRT)? to learn more.Ģ. Please refer to FAQ How to monitor your USB hard drive on ASUS Router?ġ. Connect your computer to the router via wired or WiFi connection and enter to the WEB GUI.

Before you start setup, please connect your USB Hard disk to ASUS router as shown below. Consider starting the first backup in the evening so it will complete overnight.ĭ.

Initial backup may take a while depending on the size of your OSX volume. We recommend you use an Ethernet connection for the initial backup.Ĭ. Before you backup your Mac computer, we suggest you to do disk scan and repair of your disk by using disk utility.ī. To check the specifications of Time Machine feature supported by your ASUS router, please go to the product specification page of the ASUS official website.Ī. Time Machine is a backup feature, back up your Mac computer, including files, photos, music, apps and documents.ĪSUS routers support the Time Machine backup feature. How to enable Time Machine feature on ASUS Router?
