HT201250: Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
Learn about Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
Q: Where are the Time Machine step by step instructions?
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Sep 24, 2013 3:39 PMby Barney-15E,It's pretty simple if you connect a new hard drive to your Mac. Time Machine will ask if you want to use it. Click yes and you're done setting it up.
If it is not a new hard drive, or you have previously declined, open Time Machine Prefs, Select Disk, Done.
What else do you want to "set up?"
There really are no other options or settings unless you want to exclude items.
Click on Options..., Select the items you want to Exclude, Save. Done.
If you select system folders, it will ask if you want to exlcude all system folders and just back up data.
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Sep 24, 2013 5:03 PMby ronpyatt,Thank you for the effort, but that's not exactly what I'm looking for.
So far, from the instructions I've found, all I get are these vague references to pull them up. I know they exist. I've seen them before. I've set them up before. Your instructions follow the same assumptoin that all the other instructions have. I'd like to know how to get to these magical options.
Let's assume I've prevsiouly declined a new drive for Time Machine and have just turned on my Mac, and now, I'd like to open the Time Machine Prefs. Where would I go to do this? And more important, are there screen shots to show step by step instructions?
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Sep 24, 2013 5:25 PMby Barney-15E,HelpfulSystem Preferences. Time Machine.
System Preferences is something you should know about if you do not. You can access it from the Apple Menu, and it is a default item in the Dock.
I have no idea where there are screen shots.
There's one slider and two buttons. Not really a lot to look at, or be confused by.
The slider says ON and OFF.
One button says "Select Disk"
The other says "Options..."
If you wish to select a disk, choose "Options..."
Just kidding.
There are no "magical options."
For Step by step instructions:
To turn on Time Machine:
1. Slide switch to On.
To turn off Time Machine:
1. Slide switch to Off
To select a disk to use:
1. Click Select Disk.
2. Select a Disk.
To Remove a Disk:
1. Click Select Disk.
2. Select Disk.
3. Click Remove Disk.
To exclude Items:
1. Click Options...
2. Click Add ( + ) button.
3. Select folder to exclude.
4. Click Save.
To remove items from exclusion:
1. Click Options...
2. Select item
3. Click Remove ( - ) button.
4. Click Save.
