20. Backing Up Everything with Time Machine
What You’ll Do
Set Up Time Machine for Backups
Perform a Backup
Exclude Items from a Backup
Work with a Backup
Recover Backed Up Items
Recover an Entire Computer System
Create a Disk Image to Backup Files
Burn a CD or DVD from a Disk Image
Restore a Disk Image
Back Up Files onto a CD or DVD
Introduction
Backing up your files is an important part of protecting and maintaining your computer. If you accidentally deleted a file or lose files due to a computer problem, you can recover them with a backup.
Time Machine is a Mac OS X application that allows you to back up everything on your computer on a regular basis without any additional work on your part after the initial set up. The first time you use ...
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