How to back up your Mac with Time Machine on macOS Monterey or earlier | Apple Support

Learn how to set up Time Machine on your Mac with macOS Monterey or earlier, to automatically make regular backups and store them on an external storage device.

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[Drisaac]

I don’t have mac but I love this video

[britt]

It would be nice if you had a link to the apple website with external hard drive options! I’m not sure what that means or where to find it

[ScottNapolitan]

Can you ask it to only backup some files but not others, like only your photos, for example?

[robert]

Time Machine saved my ass multiple times !

[ramymoustafasaber]

I was using a hard disc to take a tm backup, but now it refused, and i got just an error ′can not complete time machine backup′, i formatted the external hard, also, i run firstaid, all these with no help, what can i do to fix the issue?

[DhruvMathur]

Have taken the backup just like this before replacing my ssd with a new one. While restoring my hdd didn’t show any backup? May I know why?

[BluegrassGeek]

Would be useful if there were instructions how to do a Time Machine backup to a network drive, like one plugged into my router.

[javtimestwo]

I was curious what the recommended external hard drive size should be for a backup on a Mac? I didn't see that information anywhere in the video. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to these videos to learn something new 👏🏼

[AboveThaTop]

I have two MacBooks. One for my video/photography and one for my schoolwork. Can use one 4TB external hard drive to back up both computers? Thanks

[MegaGENNARO]

Please can I have the code as I cannot use OBS on Catalina

[Grumpo_]

So do you have to leave the external hard drive connected to your Mac the whole time 24/7?

[MsPernickety]

Can I back up another external HD at the same time. The one I have for photos.

[ShubhamGupta-eyre]

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[nicky.keller]

Is it possible to back up only what you do with fcpx or is it complicated?

[SpeedRacerX]

Could you please make it so Time Machine can make a back up to iCloud? I was up to 195 MB with my iPhones and iPad and upgraded from 200 MB of storage to 2 TB. When I found out I couldn't backup my MacBook Air to iCloud I was extremely disappointed. Why can't you change Time Machine to use iCloud?

[Vuyccbvuj]

Can you use the back up of a MacBook Air and put that back up on a Mac Pro?

[table]

could you please show me how to on ventura

[jso]

Does the mac have to be in use during the backup or can it also be in sleep mode?

[emyclase]

Do i need a USB for this? is the external storage device a download type of thing or is it like a USB? please help🙏🏼

[hape]

One of the best features on Macs. Set it and forget it.