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Mac
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The following will guide you through the prerequisite configuration to backup to a Mac machine or an external drive that is attached to a Mac machine.

#. Go to system settings

#. Click sharing

#. Click file sharing

#. Click the + under shared folders

#. Add a folder and click options

#. Enable Windows file sharing for the user you would like to use to authenticate and click Done

#. Enter the name of your macbook, as shown in the computer name field at the top of the sharing page into the hostname field in embassy ui

#. Enter the name of the folder as shown in the shared folders section as the path

#. Enter your macbook username and password for the user that you enabled windows file sharing for