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- Apple can walk you through the process of enabling File Sharing and making a folder compatible with Time Machine. You then connect the two computers by opening Finder on the Mac you wish to back up and double-clicking the destination Mac listed under Network. Enter the username and password for the destination Mac and click Connect.
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Feb 16, 2024 · Using the Sharing settings to enable Time Machine on the drive. Connect from the other Macs to set up Time Machine. Get a big drive and format it as APFS
- How to use Time Machine to back up a Mac - Macworld
This tutorial covers everything you need to know about...
- How to use Time Machine to back up a Mac - Macworld
- Overview
- Connect a storage device to your Mac
- Set up the storage device as your backup disk
- Make a backup
- Backup frequency and duration
- Restore your Mac from a backup
- Learn more
If you have a USB drive or other external storage device, you can use Time Machine to automatically back up your files, including apps, music, photos, email, and documents.
Connect an external storage device, such as a USB drive or Thunderbolt drive.
•Use a storage device with at least twice the storage capacity of your Mac. For example, if your Mac has 1TB of storage, your backup disk should ideally have at least 2TB of storage. If Time Machine needs more storage space, your Mac will let you know.
Learn the setup steps in your version of macOS, or follow these steps in macOS Ventura or later:
1.From the Apple menu in the corner of your screen, choose System Settings.
2.Click General in the sidebar, then click Time Machine on the right.
3.Click Add Backup Disk, or click the Add button (+).
4.Select your connected storage device and click Set Up Disk.
5.During setup:
To back up now, choose Back Up Now from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or wait for the next automatic backup.
Use the same menu to stop or skip a backup or check its progress. The top of the menu shows how much of the current backup is done, or the date and time of the latest backup:
Time Machine automatically makes hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups for all previous months. The oldest backups are deleted when your backup disk is full.
To change the backup frequency in macOS Ventura or later, choose Open Time Machine Settings from the Time Machine menu. Click Options, then choose a setting from the “Back up frequency” menu.
Once you have a Time Machine backup, you can use it to restore any or all of your files to the same Mac or a different Mac.
How to restore your Mac from a Time Machine backup
•If you can't make a backup
•If you want to add or remove items to be excluded from backups
•If you want to back up to multiple disks
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Back up your Mac with Time Machine. If you have a USB drive or other external storage device, you can use Time Machine to automatically back up your files, including your apps, music, photos, emails and documents.
Aug 19, 2024 · Step 1: Connect the external HDD with the Time Machine backup to the Mac that requires restoration. Step 2: Open the Migration Assistant. Step 3: Choose to transfer the information from a Time Machine backup when asked.
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Aug 28, 2020 · The problem. Create a Windows share location. Make the remote share automatically mount. Check Time Machine. Final commenst. Apple's Time Machine is the go-to backup method for many Mac users.
If you want to back up to the same Time Machine disk that your old computer did, you can do that by plugging the external disk in and selecting it for Time Machine.
This tutorial covers everything you need to know about backing up your Mac using Apple’s Time Machine software, including: how to use Time Machine, what to do if Time Machine is too...