The Graphical Timeline to the right of the Time Machine windowīrowse to, and select files/folders you wish to restore. Source: iMore Check the Back Up Automatically box in order to. Select which disk you'd like to use as a Time Machine backup. #SETUP TIME MACHINE ON MAC HOW TO#
You can navigate Time Machine through the following: How to enable Time Machine backups on your Mac Select System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Open Finder - Applications - Time Machine. At this point Time Machine prepares the drive and backs up selected data. At this point the folder size Calculations and Adjustments are made. Select files/folders and click on the Exclude button. Click on the + button to change what is excluded by Time machine. To open System Preferences - Click on the Apple icon > System Preferences At this point the Backup Disk is selected and the next Time Machine Backup will start in 120 Seconds (2 Minutes).Įxcluding items from Time Machine backup plan ( Options): Select a drive and click on the Use Disk button. A window opens showing External Storage Drives connected to your Mac. 
To open System Preferences - Click on the Apple icon > System Preferences Setting up the external drive to be used with Time Machine:
Use this link for instructions on formatting your drive
For macOS versions for 10.6 (Snow Leopard) to 10.15 (Catalina) use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) also referred to as HFS+ when setting up a new backup. For Big Sur and later, use Apple File System (APFS) when setting up a new backup. MacOS requires that a drive be formatted with a specific file system to be used with Time Machine Setting up the external drive to be used with Time MachineĮxcluding items from Time Machine backup planįormatting a drive to be used with Time Machine:
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