SQL Server Agent Permissions for backing up on network share

I'm new to managing SQL Server and I'm not too familiar on how to get this going. I'm trying to automate a T-SQL script that I got from here:(http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/1511-back-up-all-databases-in-sql-instance-with-one-scr...).I have my SQL server agent enabled already but according to the notes in the script, I need to change my account that I have the SQL server agent to a network account. I'm not too sure how to do this. I'm running SQL Server 2012 (non express)My server is a standalone server and I need to backup the SQL database to a NAS on the network. I created a user account on the NAS already. I tried to run the Maintenance Wizard and do a backup that way but when I try to browse for the network share that's mounted, I don't see it. I know that the account that's running under the SQL server agent doesn't...
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