You are probably wondering how the software works time Machine on your Mac it seems so incredible to be able to restore a device Macbook from any backup. Indeed, time Machine automatically generates periodic backups of the data on your device Macbook and will prove to be extremely useful in the event of theft, loss or breakage of your computer but also in the event that you have accidentally deleted an extremely important folder or file. You can indeed choose to restore your device Macbook from the backup of your choice and thus go back in time in a way. So, you will find in this article how the software works time Machine on your Mac as well as the different steps to activate it on your computer Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. Good reading!
The necessary hardware for Time Machine to work on your Mac
The software time Machine will not be able to generate backups of your computer alone. Indeed, you must imperatively connect a external hard drive powerful enough to be able to contain the various data present on your computer. A key USB will not do the trick, due to lack of space available for backups. Here is a list of the different external storage devices that you can connect to your device. Macbook in order to be able to use time Machine:
- A storage device connected to the network (NAS) supporting time Machine via SMB
- An external hard drive USB ou Thunderbolt
- An access point AirPort Time Capsule
- An access point AirPort Extreme
- Another device Macbook sharing
- An external drive connected to a AirPort Time Capsule
Generate Time Machine backups on your Macbook device
- Go to the menu Apple from your device Macbook (the little black apple located at the top left of your screen)
- Go to System Preferences
- Select time Machine
- Press Choose a backup disk
- Click on Use the disc
If you want the backup time Machine that you have just performed is only available to users with the backup password, it will be necessary to select Encrypt backups. It is quite normal that the first backup time Machine take time, since this is the very first time. Afterwards, time Machine will perform backups automatically by backing up only files that have been modified or deleted since the previous backup. Thus, the next backups will be done much faster. It will be possible to deactivate time Machine anytime on your device Macbook.
