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You can use Time Machine, the built-in backup feature of your Mac, to automatically back up all of your files, including apps, music, photos, email, documents, and system files. When you have a backup, you can restore files from your backup if the original files are ever deleted from your Mac, or the hard disk (or SSD) in your Mac is erased or replaced.

Create a Time Machine backup

To create backups with Time Machine, all you need is an external storage device. After you connect the device and select it as your backup disk, Time Machine automatically makes hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups for all previous months. The oldest backups are deleted when your backup disk is full.

Connect an external storage device

Connect one of the following external storage devices, sold separately. Learn more about backup disks that you can use with Time Machine.

• External drive connected to your Mac, such as a USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire drive
• External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac model) or AirPort Time Capsule
• AirPort Time Capsule
• Mac shared as a Time Machine backup destination
• Network-attached storage (NAS) device that supports Time Machine over SMB

Select your storage device as the backup disk

When you connect an external drive directly to your Mac, you might be asked if you want to use the drive to back up with Time Machine. Select Encrypt Backup Disk (recommended), then click Use as Backup Disk.

An encrypted backup is accessible only to users with the password. Learn more about keeping your backup disk secure.

If Time Machine doesn't ask to use your drive, follow these steps to add it manually:

1. Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click Time Machine.
2. Click Select Backup Disk (or Select Disk, or Add or Remove Backup Disk):
   
3. Select your external drive from the list of available disks. Then select ”Encrypt backups” (recommended) and click Use Disk:
   

If the disk you selected isn't formatted as required by Time Machine, you're prompted to erase the disk first. Click Erase to proceed. This erases all information on the backup disk.

Enjoy the convenience of automatic backups

After you select a backup disk, Time Machine immediately begins making periodic backups—automatically and without further action by you. The first backup may take a long time, depending on how many files you have, but you can continue using your Mac while a backup is underway. Time Machine backs up only the files that changed since the previous backup, so future backups will be faster.

To start a backup manually, choose Back Up Now from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Use the same menu to check the status of a backup or skip a backup in progress.

Learn more

• If you back up to multiple disks, you can switch disks before entering Time Machine. Press and hold the Option key, then choose Browse Other Backup Disks from the Time Machine menu.
• To exclude items from your backup, open Time Machine preferences, click Options, then click the Add (+) button to add an item to be excluded. To stop excluding an item, such as an external hard drive, select the item and click the Remove (–) button.
• If using Time Machine to back up to a network disk, you can verify those backups to make sure they're in good condition. Press and hold Option, then choose Verify Backups from the Time Machine menu.
• In OS X Lion v10.7.3 or later, you can start up from your Time Machine disk, if necessary. Press and hold Option as your Mac starts up. When you see the Startup Manager screen, choose “EFI Boot” as the startup disk.

I’m new to Mac, and I’ve invested in a shiny Apple AirPort Time Capsule for fear of losing data. I know I can backup the entire Mac using Time Machine. But how about data in an iPhone? Is it possible to backup iPhone to Time Capsule as well? Terrarium tv app download for mac pc. If so, how to do that?

The short answer is — no, you can’t use Time Machine to directly backup iPhone data to Time Capsule or an external hard drive.

Why?

Because Time Machine and AirPort Time Capsule are designed to work with macOS based computers only. They do not support backing up data from iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch), nor can you restore iPhone data via Time Machine. It just does not work that way.

But…There’s An Indirect Way!

First of all, you backup your iPhone via iTunes on your Mac. Then use Time Machine to back up the iTunes backup files to Time Capsule or an external hard drive.

If you don’t know how to create an iTunes backup for your iPhone, here’s how:

1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac via the lightning cable.
2. Open the iTunes app on your Mac.
3. Click on the iPhone icon and go to Settings > Summary.
4. In the “Backups” section, click the “Back Up Now” button to continue.
5. Follow the rest instructions to complete the process. A new iPhone backup file will be saved on your Mac. You can use it to restore the device whenever you want.

You can also watch this short video for detailed instructions:

Another Solution

back up your iPhone data to iCloud! C language for mac free download.

In general, I don’t quite recommend this method because iCloud isn’t really a free product though it offers 5GB storage for free.

But iCloud storage can get filled up very quickly, because these days as camera technology improves, the quality and size of photos increase as well. See this article on how to fix iPhone storage almost full for more.

If you have already purchased enough iCloud storage, here’s how to backup your iPhone to iCloud automatically or manually.

Step 1: On your iPhone, locate the Settings app, tap to open it. Scroll down and tap on iCloud.

Step 2: Scroll down and find Backup, tap on it.

Step 3: Here you go. By default, the iCloud Backup is turned on (with green color). If the color is gray, tap to switch it on. Also, you can tap the “Back Up Now” option to make a backup manually.

This way, iCloud will back up your iPhone data such as photo library, accounts, documents, Health data, Home configuration, and settings.

I hope you find this answer useful. For further information about backing up iPhone data via iTunes or iCloud, check out this official Apple guide. If you can’t find some of your files or the backup file fails to restore your data, try a third-party iPhone data recovery software.

Bottom line — make no mistakes, backup is king!

Andreas is a freelance tech writer based in California. He works on a Mac in the office and lives with a PC and many old computer electronics at home. While he is not reading or writing, you’ll probably find him playing online games with friends.