BACKUP YOUR MAC! - IN-DEPTH look at Apple Time Machine and many ways to save and recover your files!

Published 2021-10-21
Everyone should have a backup for their digital life! In this video I discuss using Time Machine to backup your Mac. We also talk about various methods of using Time Machine like backing up to external hard drives, other Macs, and a brief look at Network Attached storage systems like Synology.


00:00 | Welcome Back!
00:50 | What is a Backup?
03:20 | How to identify the format of current external hard drive
03:40 | Setup options for Time Machine
05:27 | Pros and cons of Time Machine
07:24 | Encrypt your Time Machine Backup
09:14 | Time Machine Backup iCloud Photos
11:00 | Using Time Machine with multiple Macs
12:12 | Time Machine and Migration Assistant - New Mac
12:49 | Restore a deleted file using Time Machine
14:44 | Apple Bring this Feature BACK!
15:11 | Recover files based of file type using Time Machine
16:05 | Snapshots - Restore from Previous versions
19:03 | Setup Time Machine to use another Mac
21:55 | Backup using Synology NAS
22:46 | Verify Time Machine Network Backups

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All Comments (21)
  • @rono33
    OMGGG Joel, of all the hundreds of YT hours I have and educational vlogs I WISH I found your channel sooner. Best teacher of the Mac tech know how that I need, just enough detail, clear, concise, visuals. "Hidden" features, EZ pro tips. No channel is better at this guys. Joel pls keep forging ahead.
  • Joel. It is late September 2022. I am 71½ years of age. I have never had a computer lesson in my life. I use Macs because I like them. I have learnt more about Time Machine and Pages in 24 minutes 33 seconds than I have ever known in my entire life. I am now a happy old man. Thank you, sir.
  • @Orwic1
    Excellent video, with a clear and easily understandable explanation. I’m familiar with the basic operation of time machine, but this gave some very useful extra information. Really helpful, thanks!
  • @commonuse4270
    Excellent video Joel, I tried to install MacOs beta yesterday and machine prompted me to do the time machine backup. Until then I had not even thought about it. Glad I found your video. It has everything I wanted. Great work.
  • @alolsen339
    I just recently discovered your channel and your videos are excellent! Your style is easy to follow and I will be viewing much more of your great stuff. You are truly a superb teacher and I hope your YouTube channel continues to grow. Be well.
  • Joel, what a great Time Machine tutorial. You have managed to answer all the questions I had. Thank you so much.
  • @enzorocha2977
    Thanks for your video, Joel, very helpful and informative, really appreciate the awesome effort you put into this one. Your channel among a handful is the reason why YouTube is a gift. More power to you.
  • Best Time Machine video I've seen. Great step by step instructions. Thanks a ton!!
  • This is by far the best and most thorough video I have seen on backups for the Mac...it answered so many questions. I have saved this link because I want to see what else you have done, Joel.
  • @dtmbmw325i
    This was the best video of Time Machine that I found. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together.
  • @rickeisner
    Thanks for a fantastically clear discussion of Time Machine, which I’d never really understood before. I’m going to set it up tomorrow. And I’ve subscribed to your channel. I hope to learn a lot from you. Thanks again!
  • Great video. everything I needed know in one spot. Very helpful, thanks.
  • @kkay2000
    Another winner from Joel! Had burning Time Machine questions for - years - now, answered!
  • @kmdesign355
    Great video. Another approach that expands on the "back up to a remote, shared folder, blessed for Time Machine, that resides on a networked Mac " is to share a externally connected Time Machine drive and share and bless it for TM. As long as you don't have your Time Machine backups encrypted (argh—few hours of head-scratching on that one), the remote Mac-connected Time Machine drive will be available anywhere on your network. Brilliant!
  • @emmawaller4103
    The outro took me by surprise. A pleasant surprise :-) thank you, Joel!
  • @TheAnarp221
    This was a very thorough, in-depth, and easy to understand along the way of what Time Machine is and the various options and possibilities associated with it... Great stuff...!!!
  • @fgreenfield5234
    Excellent content! Demystified something that wasn't actually all that mysterious once I watch your tutorial. Backing up brand new Time Machine as I type this.
  • @CaryInVictoria
    What a wonderful explanation of Time Machine! It was my first visit to your channel, but I'm now subscribed and will be back often.
  • Excellent very useful tutorial on Mac backup options. Thank you so much!