How to Back Up Your Mac | 4 Plans for Creating a Backup

Losing data from your Mac or any storage device is sometimes inevitable. Most Mac users store important spreadsheets and multimedia creations on their iMacs or MacBooks, and losing these files can be frustrating. This is why backing up your Mac is essential. Before learning how to back up your Mac, it's also necessary to understand why you should do so:

There are many good reasons to back up your Mac regularly. Let's look at four different ways you can do it.

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Method 1: How to Back Up Your Mac with Specialized Software

One of the main reasons to support Mac is the ability to quickly recover files from a Mac computer. The Mac Data Recovery Wizard is an all-in-one solution for preventing data loss and backing up and restoring your Mac. The download button below will let you download a safe trial version for macOS.

What makes Mac Data Recovery Wizard unique? It's a backup and recovery software that helps you back up your Mac to iCloud and also restore lost files from iCloud. You can easily recover deleted files on Mac, including photos, documents, videos, and emails. Moreover, the software works with external hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, digital cameras, and other storage devices.

Our professional data protection experts recommend that Mac users frequently back up their files, and you can use data recovery software to securely backup and restore your files. The software is user-friendly, and you can refer to the following written tutorial to back up your Mac device:

Step 1: On the main Disk Drill for Mac screen, click “Disk Backup” > “Create Backup” > “Next.” This will create an image file of the disk in case any data gets overwritten.

Step 2. Select the internal volume you want to back up, then click "Create Backup." If you want to create a backup or restore data from an external hard drive, USB flash drive, or SD card, connect the storage device to your Mac before you begin.

Step 3: Choose a location to save the backup file, rename it if you want, and then click “Save.” It is not recommended that you save the backup file on the same storage device from which you plan to recover data.

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Method 2: How to Back Up Your Mac with Time Machine

It's safer to back up your Mac to an external hard drive or USB flash drive. Don't save the backup in the same location as your original data. We'll walk you through setting up Time Machine and creating your first backup.

Step 1. Prepare the external drive. Get an APFS-formatted backup disk and connect it to your Mac. (You can use other file systems, but APFS is recommended.)

Step 2. Click the Apple icon, choose “System Preferences,” then “General,” then “Time Machine,” and finally “Select Backup Disk…” If prompted, enter your password.

Step 3: Follow the prompts to set up your drive for its first backup. When you're done, click “Finish,” and the backup will begin. When it's finished, you'll see a notification.

4 After the first backup, you can initiate a backup at any time by clicking the Time Machine icon and choosing Back Up Now.

Step 5: You can check the backup status from the menu bar, and click “Stop this Backup” to stop it at any time.

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If the Time Machine fails to complete the initial backup, solutions can be found in the following paragraphs:

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Method 3: How to Back Up Your Mac to iCloud

If you find transferring data between Macs with hard drives or USB flash drives inconvenient, <> should be your go-to option. When you back up your data to iCloud, it syncs in the background and creates regular backups. This ensures your files and streaming data stay up to date and can be accessed from any Apple device connected to your iCloud account.

While you don't have to clear space on your Mac to back it up to iCloud, you do need to keep in mind that the service isn't entirely free - each Apple ID comes with only 5 GB of free storage. If you find that you like using iCloud after trying it out, you can purchase more storage.

Read through the following paragraphs for detailed steps on how to back up your Mac to iCloud:

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Method 4: Manually Back Up Your Mac to an External Hard Drive

If you only want to back up individual files or folders, you can do so manually to an external hard drive. This is a simple process that allows you to create custom backups on your Mac.

Step one: Connect the external drive to your iMac or MacBook; it should appear on the desktop.

Step 2. Locate the file(s)/folder(s) you wish to back up using Finder.

Step 3: Select all the files/folders, then right-click or press Command+C to copy the contents.

Step 4: Without doing anything else, go to the window with your backup disk and paste the files with Command-V.

If you're unsure how to copy and paste on a Mac, check out this article for more detailed information.

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If you frequently forget to update your old backups, it's a good idea to download third-party backup software, like Data Recovery Wizard for Mac. If you forget to back up your files before fixing an issue with your operating system or disk, you can use this software to recover deleted files from your Mac. Click the button below to download a trial version.

Frequently Asked Questions About Mac Backup

For more about backing up your Mac, see these questions and answers:

1. How do I back up my entire Mac?

There are several ways to back up your entire Mac:

• 1. Back up your entire Mac using Time Machine
• 2. Manually copy all files and folders from your Mac
• 3. Back up your entire Mac using iCloud
• 4. Use a third-party backup program to back up your whole computer

2. How can I back up my MacBook without Time Machine?

If you don't want to use Time Machine to back up your MacBook, there are other options, including using iCloud to upload files and folders from your MacBook. You can also choose to manually copy selected files to a backup disk.

Why can't I back up my Mac?

There could be various reasons that lead to Mac backup failure directly:

• Lack of storage space
• Hard drive failure
• Time Machine error
• Hard drive permission issues

4. How long does the first backup of my Mac take?

Actually, the time it takes to complete the first backup depends on the size of your files and the write speed of your backup disk. If you're backing up your Mac to iCloud, your network speed can also affect how long the backup takes.