Set Up Time Machine

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• How Do You Set Up Time Machine

To use Time Machine to make a backup of your Mac, you need one of these types of storage devices:

Go to the  Apple menu and go to 'System Preferences', then choose 'Time Machine' Click on the 'Select Backup Disk' button Choose the connected external hard drive that you plan on assigning to Time Machine, then click on 'Use Disk' (Optional: check 'Encrypt Backups' for FileVault users and greater security). Stuffit deluxe 16 0 5. Backup Mac Using Time Machine. When Time Machine Backups are enabled on Mac, it starts automatically backing up all documents, photos, music and apps to an External Storage Device. Once the first Backup is completed, Time Machine keeps updating the Backup by scanning your computer for new, revised and deleted files on an hourly basis.

• External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac) or AirPort Time Capsule
  

External drive connected to your Mac

Time Machine can back up to an external drive connected to a USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire port on your Mac. If the disk isn't using the correct format, Time Machine will prompt you to erase it. Ride 2019 tour.

Network-attached storage (NAS) device that supports Time Machine over SMB

Many third-party NAS devices support Time Machine over SMB. Buy microsoft for mac. For details, check the documentation for your NAS device.

Mac shared as a Time Machine backup destination

To use another Mac on your network as a Time Machine backup destination, complete these steps on the other Mac: How to make photo smaller mb.

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Sharing.
2. From the list of services on the left, select File Sharing.
3. From the Shared Folders list on the right, click the add button (+), then choose a folder to use for Time Machine backups.
4. Control-click the folder that you added, then choose Advanced Options from the shortcuts menu that appears.
   
5. From the Advanced Options dialog, select 'Share as a Time Machine backup destination.'

When setting up Time Machine on your other Mac computers, you should now be able to select the shared folder as a backup disk. Next skyrim release date.

External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac) or AirPort Time Capsule

Time Machine can back up to an external USB drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac model) or AirPort Time Capsule.

1. Connect the drive directly to your Mac, then use Disk Utility to erase it.
2. Connect the drive to a USB port on your AirPort base station, then turn it on.
3. Open AirPort Utility, then select your base station and click Edit to view its settings.
4. Click the Disks tab in the settings window.
5. Select your backup disk from the list of partitions, then select 'Enable file sharing':
   
6. If more than one user on your network will back up to this disk with Time Machine, you can use the Secure Shared Disks pop-up menu to make sure that they can view only their own backups, not yours. Choose 'With accounts' from the menu, then click the add button (+) to add users.
7. Click Update to restart your base station and apply the settings.

AirPort Time Capsule

Time Machine can back up to the built-in hard disk of an AirPort Time Capsule on your network.

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• Time Machine can't back up to a disk formatted for Windows, or to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.