How to Back Up Data with Time Machine on Mac?
Time Machine, an application on Mac, allows you to automatically backup your whole system in Mac OS X v10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6 or later. Time Machine keeps an up-to-date copy of all things on your Mac--system files, digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, documents, and so on. It is simple to go "back in time" to revive files if you happen to have to using the fresh and clean interface it provides you.
Time Machine, the backup software offered with the Mac OS since OS X 10.5, enables you to easily create and keep current backups of all your important data. Additionally, it makes recovering lost files a super easy, and dare I say fun, process.
Back Up Data with Time Machine on Mac Steps:
Step 1: Connect your external hard disk using the Mac and open the Time Machine. Then "Select Backup Disk". Pick the external hard drive as the target place where your Mac data will be restored. Then click "Use for Backup".
When you have several hard drives connected, all of them will likely be displayed, and you only have to select one of them for backup.
Step 2: The Time Machine turns to "ON" status, and the counter has begun for your "Next Bakcup". You should check the time left. When it reaches zero, the Time Machine will begin to backup your data from Mac to the external hard drive.
Step 3: In order to pause or stop the backup, you can set the Time Machine "OFF", or just turn off it ahead of the backup begins. If you'd like the backup work continue, ignore it normally. When the "Next Backup" turns to "Backing up", you will see a tiny windows popping up, which is suggesting the backing up process.
In the backup time, ensure that you will not use your Mac, as this will take a quite very long time. If you have an iPhone, and you lost your data accidentally, you can Recover iPhone Lost Data on Mac easily.
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