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do i need to keep power on to my mac at night to have backup performed

do i need to keep power on to my mac at night to have it perform backups?

iMac 27", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 25, 2020 6:50 AM

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Posted on May 25, 2020 6:56 AM

If you are using Time Machine then NO, the backup are done hourly and they will resume when you wake or startup the iMac.

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do i need to keep power on to my mac at night to have backup performed

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