Ars Technica

Time Machine setup?

I just setup a brand new iMac for home. I've never had a "shared" computer in my home so this is a first for me... I connected a external firewire 800 HD for Time Machine backups and I've set it up ...
PC Magazine

Back That Mac Up: Set Up Time Machine and Stop Worrying About Data Backups

Set Up With an External Drive If you plan to back up your data to an external drive, plug it into your Mac and make sure its icon appears on the desktop. With macOS Ventura or higher, go to System ...
Geeky Gadgets

The Secret to FREE Mac Backup: Time Machine Setup in 4 Simple Steps

Backing up your Mac is an essential step to safeguard your data against unexpected events such as hardware failures, accidental deletions, or software issues. Apple’s Time Machine, a built-in feature ...
Ars Technica

Time to switch to mac? And how to setup Time Machine

I've been a Windows user all my life (mostly cuz I'm cheap). My 2-yr old core 2 duo desktop is crashing a lot, and my HP Mediasmart server (running Windows Home Server) is slowing down, been giving me ...
Macworld

Here’s why Time Machine won’t work with your external drive

Mac users relying on Time Machine went through a rough transition a few years ago when Apple migrated away from its long-used HFS+ format for encoding hard drives and SSDs to the modern, more capable, ...
Macworld

Apple Time Machine review

Time Machine remains an outstanding solution for local backups on your Mac, but backups require an external drive, no cloud backups here. We all understand the importance of backing up a Mac, despite ...