Here's how to automatically or manually back up your data, and then restore it on your Mac using Apple's Time Machine feature ...

I've got a Mac laptop and a Windows desktop, and my Windows desktop has a mighty large hard drive begging to be used for my Time Machine backups. Here's how to set it up. Note: I owe most of the ...

Time Machine and iCloud are two built-in backup systems that are easy to set up and use. For a Time Machine backup, Apple recommends having an external drive with twice the capacity of your Mac.

Exclude your Downloads folder to give Time Machine more breathing room. Aperture Files At press time, Apple reported conflicts between its photo-management program and Time Machine.

Although any backup is better than no backup at all, Time Machine may not protect your data to the extent or in the way that you need. A few significant weaknesses offset its impressive strengths.

Click on the "Use as Backup Disk" button in the dialog box that appears when the computer recognizes the hard drive. Time Machine now begins making an initial backup copy of your MacBook Pro.