How to use Time Machine on Mac
How many times have we tried in our old computer, a file or a particular photo, and we realized, to our regret, that we have lost or damaged beyond repair?
It would have been better to have a good back-up copy, but honestly how many of us will think, before disaster happens? No one! Now, at least the lucky owners of an Apple Mac, have no more excuses: we are in a fantastic aid application already installed on our computer. We solve the problem of backup. This application is called Time Machine.
1.) First, we have to decide what to use for our back-up: the Apple Time Capsule. (which is nothing more than an external hard drive wireless interface with Air Port) purchased from the Apple store or a normal usb external hard drive . The Time Capsule has the advantage of being wireless and wireless that is to be Apple, so we are sure of compatibility with our Mac, but on the other hand, has a fairly high price (like all apple products). The external hard drive usb instead has a relatively low cost (network you can not find cuts from a Terabyte less than $100) and must be clearly connected with the usb cable to your Mac computer.
2.) Once you have chosen your support, we have to configure our application Time Machine. Remember to clearly connect any USB hard drive to your computer, or if we choose the Time Capsule to turn it on. From the ” apple ” in the upper left of our screen choose ” System Preferences “, it will open the System Preferences window. Click on the ” Time Machine “.
3.) At this point you will open the window ” Time Machine ” of our application. First check that the padlock shown at the bottom left is open, otherwise click on it and enter the system password required in order to enable the changes. At the top right of the window, there are two buttons: one with the words ” select disk ” and the other ” options “. Click on ” select disk ” will open a drop-down box with listed hard drives connected to our Mac available for the backup. Select the hard drive you choose (if we plugged our usb hard disk it will appear list) and click on the button ” used to back up. ” If instead we opted for the Time capsules click on the button ” configure Time Capsule. ” In the latter case, a dialog box will open the Air Port Utility which will show the wireless devices connected to our computer hard drives including our Time Capsule.
4.) Our application will work for us at this point. After doing an initial back up general of our system (it may take several hours depending on the amount of data in our Mac) occur at regular intervals, saving as much as we changed into our computer. The great thing of Time Machine is that it allows us to go back in time, configuring the computer exactly as it was on the date you choose (we would find then saved the settings, data and applications installed). To access the program, simply click on the icon of the app. ” Time Machine ” in the ” Applications ” folder and see something similar. On the right will be referred to the timeline at the center of the bailouts and various overlapping windows. To restore our Mac just as it was on a certain date, simply click on the appropriate window and as if by magic would go back in time. Easy!
