Here's how to automatically or manually back up your data, and then restore it on your Mac using Apple's Time Machine feature ...

How to control Time Machine from the command line In macOS's Terminal, there are several commands you can use to control Time Machine, but the main one is tmutil.

How to Use Time Machine to Backup Any Mac Time Machine is an app that comes with every Mac. It’s designed to help you back up everything on your Mac. It literally mirrors your Mac’s internal ...

Because Time Machine maintains an active state on volumes it uses, you may need to disable Time Machine (in System Settings > General > Time Machine) in order to repair a backup volume.

It's not just Intel code — after a period of undeath, Time Capsule's time is coming, with Apple cutting off support for Time Machine backups using the hardware in macOS 27.

Mac 911 Here’s why Time Machine won’t work with your external drive Make sure your external drive isn’t using a Windows-focused format.