Regularly backing up your Mac with Time Machine can prevent data loss and allow you to restore earlier versions of files. To get started, connect a drive that you want to use (and don't mind being ...

Apple lets you use Time Machine to create a backup from your Mac of all the data files, apps, and other stuff that’s not part of the macOS system installation. (Before macOS 11 Big Sur, you could back ...

From the Mac you want to back up, go to System Settings > General > Time Machine in macOS Ventura or higher (System Preferences in older versions of the OS). Click Set Up Disk, then choose the backup ...

If you are faced with a situation that requires you to restore your Mac (Mac OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard) with a Time Machine backup that was made with a different Mac, you may experience some issues.

Losing something you spent time working on, or photos that you can't replace, is devastating. You might think this is a problem of the past because of cloud storage services like Apple's own iCloud, ...

Backing up your Mac is an essential step to safeguard your data against unexpected events such as hardware failures, accidental deletions, or software issues. Apple’s Time Machine, a built-in feature ...

Automated Time Machine backups should be a “set it and forget it” strategy. Once enabled, macOS warns you only when something goes wrong. No alerts, and–almost always–the backups have continued apace.