turning time machine off? no swtich

Hi Team


Time Machine backs up your files every hour. To stop automatic backups, slide the switch to Off.

Thats what the little ? said when I pressed it, and I did have an OFF, but with my upgrade to Sierra I have lost the SWITCH.

??

Yours

Baffled of England.

Posted on Sep 27, 2016 10:46 AM

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Sep 27, 2016 11:00 AM in response to Steve7why

The SWITCH, as you call it has been replaced in macOS Sierra by a checkbox that says, “Back Up Automatically.” It is located in the same general area of the preference panel where the previous on/off switch was. The function is the same. Unchecking the “Back Up Automatically” box disables automatic backups. You can still manually start a backup just like you could after turning the previous switch to off. The new nomenclature makes it clearer as to what you are actually doing.

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