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Time Machine Backup?

How do I know that "Time Machine" is backing up my Mac to my designated external Seagate drive?



MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 11:38 AM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2022 11:45 AM

gjp5225 wrote:

How do I know that "Time Machine" is backing up my Mac to my designated external Seagate drive?



From the TM icon in the upper right—>Enter Time Machine (?)



—Back up your Mac with Time Machine: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250


If you have other TM backup drives beside your "Seagate" hold the Option key and click the TM icon.


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Jan 14, 2022 11:45 AM in response to gjp5225

gjp5225 wrote:

How do I know that "Time Machine" is backing up my Mac to my designated external Seagate drive?



From the TM icon in the upper right—>Enter Time Machine (?)



—Back up your Mac with Time Machine: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250


If you have other TM backup drives beside your "Seagate" hold the Option key and click the TM icon.


Time Machine Backup?

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