Back up your Mac with Time Machine — by Apple Support

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Explains how to back up files, apps and photos to an external drive with Time Machine. Covers choosing the backup disk, how often backups run and how to restore.

Quick steps

  1. Connect a storage device
  2. Set it up as the backup disk
  3. Make a backup
  4. Restore from a backup

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Read the full article on support.apple.com

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