Time Machine (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) 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. Grid List Latest about Time Machine How to restore your Mac from a backup By Bryan M Wolfe, Karen S Freeman last updated 16 December 22 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. How to free up space on your Mac by deleting old backups By Bryan M Wolfe published 24 June 22 Do you have an excessive amount of backups taking up space on your MacBook? Don't worry, it's supposed to be there. How to back up your Mac: The ultimate guide By Bryan M Wolfe published 17 May 22 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! How to restore older versions of a document within an app on macOS By Luke Filipowicz, Lory Gil published 18 April 22 "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. How to use Time Machine with multiple Macs By Bryan M Wolfe published 15 March 22 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. How to set up and start using Time Machine By Bryan M Wolfe published 22 December 21 Apple ships each new Mac with Time Machine software for backup purposes. Here's how to use the app. How to back up your Mac with Time Machine By Joseph Keller published 7 September 20 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. How to use Time Machine to back up your Mac to a Windows shared folder By Bryan M Wolfe, Anthony Casella published 28 August 20 Are you using a networked Windows Share location as a backup? Here's how to make Time Machine work with it. Backup utility SuperDuper! is now fully compatible with macOS Catalina By Oliver Haslam published 27 November 19 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. How to exclude files from Time Machine backups By Lory Gil published 23 July 19 You can back up everything on your Mac using Time Machine, but sometimes, you just don't want to do that. 123 iMore Newsletter Get the best of iMore in your inbox, every day! Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to iMore. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1How to use Midjourney: Sign up process, prompts, and more2What the Apple Watch Series 9 can learn from the Ultra3Apple Music has an amazing feature that no-one ever talks about4TikTok's Congress hearing only proved one thing - politicians know nothing about technology5The iPhone 15 mini is dead but someone wants to take its place in your pocket
How to restore your Mac from a backup By Bryan M Wolfe, Karen S Freeman last updated 16 December 22 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.
How to free up space on your Mac by deleting old backups By Bryan M Wolfe published 24 June 22 Do you have an excessive amount of backups taking up space on your MacBook? Don't worry, it's supposed to be there.
How to back up your Mac: The ultimate guide By Bryan M Wolfe published 17 May 22 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!
How to restore older versions of a document within an app on macOS By Luke Filipowicz, Lory Gil published 18 April 22 "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.
How to use Time Machine with multiple Macs By Bryan M Wolfe published 15 March 22 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.
How to set up and start using Time Machine By Bryan M Wolfe published 22 December 21 Apple ships each new Mac with Time Machine software for backup purposes. Here's how to use the app.
How to back up your Mac with Time Machine By Joseph Keller published 7 September 20 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.
How to use Time Machine to back up your Mac to a Windows shared folder By Bryan M Wolfe, Anthony Casella published 28 August 20 Are you using a networked Windows Share location as a backup? Here's how to make Time Machine work with it.
Backup utility SuperDuper! is now fully compatible with macOS Catalina By Oliver Haslam published 27 November 19 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.
How to exclude files from Time Machine backups By Lory Gil published 23 July 19 You can back up everything on your Mac using Time Machine, but sometimes, you just don't want to do that.
