Time Machine
Time Machine is Apple's built-in back up system for the OS X. With it, you can automatically protect yourself from data loss and system failures by copying your Mac's files to a Time Capsule or an external hard drive.
Latest about Time Machine

By Bryan M Wolfe Last updated
Apple ships each new Mac with Time Machine software for backup purposes. Here's how to use the app.

By Joseph Keller Last updated
Time Machine is a free app built-in to your Mac that lets you create backups of your data. Here's how to use it.

By Bryan M Wolfe, Karen S Freeman Last updated
If your Mac crashes and you lose it all, you can restore it back to its current state thanks to backups. Here's how to do so.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
Do you have an excessive amount of backups taking up space on your MacBook? Don't worry, it's supposed to be there.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
How do you back up your Mac locally and off-site or online so all your important photos and files stay safe and sound? Like this!

By Luke Filipowicz, Lory Gil Published
"Oh no, I messed up! I want to go back to a previous version of my document. What do I do?" It's all about reversion, my friend.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
Apple's built-in Time Machine app makes it simple to back up data on your Mac, and you can even use the same external hard drive to back up two different Macs. Here's how.

By Bryan M Wolfe, Anthony Casella Published
Are you using a networked Windows Share location as a backup? Here's how to make Time Machine work with it.

By Oliver Haslam Published
Backing up is one of the most important things you can do in terms of computers and SuperDuper! is a great tool. Now it's been updated to full support macOS Catalina, too.

By Lory Gil Published
You can back up everything on your Mac using Time Machine, but sometimes, you just don't want to do that.

By Rich Edmonds Last updated
One great feature of the Synology DS119j NAS is you can use it for backups through Time Machine.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
Yes, you can view Time Machine backups taken from other Macs. Here's how to do this.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
You don't have to restore all of your files when using Apple's Time Machine app. You can restore individual files too.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
You can use Finder in Time Machine to find older files to restore. If you know how to use Finder, you're nearly there!

By Bryan M Wolfe Last updated
Apple offers an easy way to recover files that have been backed up. You can also restore your entire hard drive, if necessary.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
Every Mac comes with Time Machine installed. Here's a look at how the backup solution works.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
You can remove Time Machine backups from your Mac in a few different ways, including the following.

By Bryan M Wolfe Published
With Apple's Time Machine, you don't have to back up every file on your Mac. Here's how to exclude files with ease.
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