C2300 and Time Machine and External USB
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What file system should the USB drive be formatted with to work with Time Machine?
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Per I said before, Archer C2300 supports Time machine, while Archer A2300 does not.
Please follow the instruction below to set it up:
https://www.tp-link.com/support/faq/1564/
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Hi, as I know, the Archer A2300 does not support Time machine.
While Archer C2300, Archer C8 V4 and Archer C9 V4 support this feature.
May it help and have a nice day.
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Correction, I have the C2300 and it does support Time Machine but there is almost no documentation on it.
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Per I said before, Archer C2300 supports Time machine, while Archer A2300 does not.
Please follow the instruction below to set it up:
https://www.tp-link.com/support/faq/1564/
Good day.
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Please answer my original question:
“What file system should the USB drive be formatted with to work with Time Machine?”
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Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format
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Have you tried that? Hooking up a drive with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format to the C2300 router and running a Time Machine backup? Seems odd that the C2300 would be able to read a Mac only drive.
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I have an Archer C8 that does not support a MAC formatted drive so no, I have not connected a MAC formatted drive to a router. I have four MAC formatted WD USB drives that I use for Time Machine (two for each MAC), which I connect direct to the MACs about once a week. I did try getting Time Machine to use a FAT32 drive but it was a no go. Now, even if I could run Time Machine on the router, I do not think I would it as I would be tempted to leave it there and forget it, then all it would take is a direct lighting strike and I could lose the PC and its backup at the same time. I have used Time Machine to recover my iMac when I changed the hard drive to an SSD. Quick and easy and did not lose anything. My Windows PC was a different story when that drive went bad.
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For the Archer C2300, it supports the following File System Format, including fat32、ntfs、exfat、hfs+.
It is suggested to use NTFS.
May it help and have a good day.
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@Kevin_Z Who suggests using NTFS for Time Machine?
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