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Hello, friends,
When I'm about to install something on my Mac, I'd like to create a backup with Time Machine, so I could simply restore it in case something goes wrong.
I know Time Machine saves only hourly/daily/monthly backups, but can I do a "backup now", so this moment with show when I Enter Time Machine?
Thanks!
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), Time Machine
Instead of using Time Machine, in your case I would recommend cloning your drive. I use and recommend Carbon Copy Cloner. It gives you a 'snapshot' of your drive at a given point in time rather than making incremental backups.
Clinton
Instead of using Time Machine, in your case I would recommend cloning your drive. I use and recommend Carbon Copy Cloner. It gives you a 'snapshot' of your drive at a given point in time rather than making incremental backups.
Clinton
dpc_apple wrote:
... can I do a "backup now", so this moment with show when I Enter Time Machine?
...
That is not how TM works.
How Time Machine Works its Magic
Follow clintonfrombirmingham Advise.
I like this idea, but CCC is a third-party app. I feel it is more reliable to go with the App Store. Is there any other app in the App Store that do the same job?
Carbon Copy Cloner is used by many, if not most, of the top forum members is is reliable.
Another option you have, which I used to use many years ago, is the "Restore" option in Disk Utility. You can back up your startup drive to an external drive. What you can't do with Disk Utility/Restore is incremental backups or do any scheduling like you can with CCC. So it's not efficient in that way. But it's free and it's a pure Apple Utility. I'm not recommending this over CCC by any means.
Open Disk Utility/Help/Disk Utility Help and Search restore to find out more. Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
Time Machine: How to create a backup at one moment and keep it forever?
