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.

Enabling Time Machine Before you can start backing up your Mac using Time Machine, you first have to enable it and set up the external hard drive that you want to back up to.

There are many ways to backup your Mac computer and restore all of its data: cloud-based software, third-party apps, external hard drives. Time Machine is a software that's built into your Mac ...

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

ShutterstockYou can backup your Macs data through Time Machine or iCloud. You should take steps to backup up your Mac computer if you want to guard against damage, technological mishaps, or any ...

Another big plus with Apple's solution is that a Time Machine backup can be used in Recovery Mode to restore your Mac to its original state if the worst happens and your drive fails. Likewise, the ...

If you have a Time Machine backup handy, here’s how to restore from Time Machine, how to recover files from your back up, and how to use Time Machine to migrate to a new Mac, and more.