No matter who you are, you should always back up your Mac. It’s like having life insurance, except for your digital files. You never know when something might happen to your Mac and you should always have a backup plan in case of emergencies; someone might spill a drink on your Mac, your hard drive could fail, you could lose your Mac, and your Mac could even get a virus in rare circumstances.
So, want to know how to back up your Mac? In this article, you’ll find out the many ways and the best ways you can back up your Mac. We have 5 tips for you on how to back up Mac devices. And we even have a bonus tip that will make it easy to back up your Mac in just a few clicks.
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Option 1. How to Back Up Mac Using Time Machine
- Connect your external storage device to your Mac.
- It is recommended you use large capacity devices such as a Hard Drive, Solid State Drive, or Network Attached Storage Drive.
- When your Mac successfully connects, your Mac may receive a prompt whether you want to use Time Mac
- Click “Use as Backup Disk".
In the instance that no alert appears, double check if the drive is in the correct format.
- It needs to be Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
If there is still no alert that appears, you should:
- Open System Preferences
- Select Time Machine
- Choose Backup Disk
- Then choose the storage device
Option 2. How to Back Up Mac through iCloud
- Open System Preferences on your Mac
- click on iCloud.
- Sign in to iCloud.
- Tick the box beside iCloud.
- Click on the Options box in the iCloud row.
- Check the box beside the things you want to be stored in iCloud
Additionally, you can:
- Click Finder, you'll see an iCloud Drive folder in the bar on the left.
- Move any folder on your Mac that isn't already in iCloud onto your iCloud Drive.
