Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac — by Apple Support

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Explains how Time Machine backs up apps, music, photos and documents to an external disk and keeps hourly local snapshots for recovering older file versions.

Quick steps

Connect and turn on an external disk
Choose Set Up in the Time Machine prompt, or open Time Machine Settings from the menu bar
Click Add Backup Disk

Paraphrased from the source. Menus can differ by version, so check the original for full details.

Read the full article on support.apple.com

Source: Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac by Apple Support. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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