Ngokunengqondo, isipele sokuqala esisenza sisebenzisa i-Time Machine kudiski exhunywe kwi-Airport Extreme noma enye i-mac kufanele yehle, yehle kakhulu ukuthi kungathatha amahora aphakathi kwama-5 nama-8 okokuqala lapho wenza ikhophi.
Ubuqili ukuqala ukukopisha ngokuvumela inqubo yokulungiselela idlule kudiski ekude ye-Time Machine bese uyimisa bese wehlisa le disk bese uyithumela kabusha kwi-USB yendawo kwi-Mac yethu.
Ukube besine-disk kwenye i-mac kuzofanele sitshele i-Time Machine ukuthi iguqule i-disk, izothola ukuthi umsebenzi uqalile futhi izoqhubeka nekhophi futhi izobe isilungile emahoreni angu-1 noma ama-2. Ngemuva kwalokho sibuyisela i-disk endaweni yayo bese siyifaka. Uma kunesidingo sizotshela i-Time Machine ukuthi isebenzise i-remote disk futhi.