Apple Intelligence is now available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac!
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Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence. Learn more >
Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence. Learn more >
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Apple introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max. Learn more >
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When using Time Machine and an external drive to backup my files, do I need to leave the external drive plugged into my computer 24/7 in order for it to do periodical backups?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
Yes, unless you manually plug it in then manual launch the Time Machine "backup now".
How to use Time Machine to back up...your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Yes, unless you manually plug it in then manual launch the Time Machine "backup now".
How to use Time Machine to back up...your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Backing up Files with Time Machine + External Drive
