With an external hard drive with enough space to back up your data, just connect it to your computer to open Time Machine and configure the operation mode. The program is simple and easy to use, in addition to being extremely intuitive.
You can even start backing up to an external drive with less storage capacity than your current hard drive, but as you use the machine and “fill” your hard drive with files, you will need to purchase a backup drive with more space for Time Machine. To enter Time Machine, (or Time Machine, if you use OS X in Portuguese), just access your application folder and find it there. But, before we start talking about how it works, it is necessary to have a backup disk (external HD) on hand, preferably the same size or bigger than the computer’s HD. And the tool is an excellent way to create backup copies for later restoration. The reasons are several: the acquisition of a new machine, formatting of the computer, malware, accidents, thefts, theft, among several other factors that result in the loss of important data. In addition to backing up everything that is on the computer at any given time, this utility allows the user to “travel back in time” and return to specific moments in the system, to check what was on the computer at a certain date.īut, before we mention Time Machine as a time machine itself, we must keep in mind that, sooner or later, we will need a data backup. Users of the Mac OS X system have a very powerful tool for backing up data and programs: the Time Machine, or Time Machine, implemented in the system since version 10.5.