Automatically start a Time Machine backup when you plug in the drive and dismount the drive when the backup is complete.

So a user has a new 10.7 MBA with a 256GB SSD, of which 9GB are used. There is an external USB drive (natch) 500GB large, and we can't get more than 5 days backups before it says it needs to clear out ...

Time Machine is a free and native built-in backup feature available on all Mac models that allows you to create incremental backups, restore your Mac, and browse files. Get started by connecting a ...

My backup strategy with my main Mac has been to use a networked Time Machine backup and also a Time Machine backup to an external HDD that I connect perhaps a couple of times per month. So far, that ...

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