prepareForTimeMachine 1.0 for Mac was available to download from the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this app available. PrepareForTimeMachine for Mac lies within System Tools, more precisely Backup & Restore.
The most popular version among the application users is 1.0. The actual developer of this free Mac application is Costantino Pistagna. We recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus. The application's installer is commonly called preparefortimemachine.zip.
From the developer:
PrepareForTimeMachine is a program that allows the user to restore his current backup from a network drive (NAS).
Insert your MacOS installation disk and start your Mac. After loading, choose "Terminal" from Utilities and mount your external disk. Installer enable by default the DHCP for interface en0. If the NAS is configured for DHCP, than it will get a reachable IP address. To discover it, try to ping the whole submask using the ping tool.
You may want to check out more Mac applications, such as AVerVision, Tri-BACKUP 404 OS X or FatMac Backup, which might be similar to prepareForTimeMachine.
