By default, your Mac should start to back up your Mac every time you connect your Time Machine drive. You shouldn’t have to manually initiate the backup, just plug in the drive, wait, and eject it ...

Your Mac will regularly back itself up to that external drive. You can go further and say when you want that regular backup to happen, plus you can choose what actually gets backed up.

Other apps can back up a Mac: take a look at our recommendations of the best apps to back up a Mac, which include our top choices: ChronoSync, Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper!, but Time Machine ...

One of the easiest ways to back up your Mac is to use Time Machine, which is a free backup app that’s included with macOS.Once you’ve set it up, it will automatically do hourly backups for the ...

Apple’s iCloud is an easy to use solution for backing up photos, videos, documents and other important data from your iPhone, iPad and Mac. You can subscribe to various storage plans from £0.79 ...

iCloud is now the default backup option for macOS, though you only get a measly 5GB of room for free, so you’ll probably have to upgrade to back up your entire Mac: pricing starts at $0.99 per ...

Thanks to Apple's iCloud, keeping an always up-to-date backup of your iPhone or iPad on Apple's servers is nearly effortless.Ditto for restoring an iOS device from an iCloud backup. If you're a ...

Backing up your MacBook is crucial to avoid losing important files in case of misplacement or damage to the laptop, making setting up a new MacBook easier. To back up with Time Machine, you'll ...

The Mac's Contacts app is incredibly useful for storing personal and work contact info. Here's how to back up your Contacts database.

How to Back Up Your Mac Using Time Machine. Wednesday January 27, 2016 9:09 AM PST by Tim Hardwick. Finding a reliable backup solution for the Mac that runs in the background and isn't a drain on ...