HT201250: Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
Learn about Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
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May 6, 2014 1:04 PM in response to sunshine1girlby sunshine1girl,★HelpfulOk- I went to System Preferences and got to get it to start. I still can't find a menu??? But at least I got my backup to start!
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May 6, 2014 2:44 PM in response to sunshine1girlby DonnaR,Do you have the Time Machine icon in your menu bar (at the top right of your screen)? If so, under the Time Machine menu, choose "Back Up Now".
You don't go into Time Machine in order to back up; you enter Time Machine in order to restore or see what you had at an earlier point in time.
If you don't have the Time Machine icon in your menu bar, I'd recommend putting it there: In System Preferences / Time Machine, check the box to "Show Time Machine in menu bar".