With Time Machine, you can recover a single file or folder which you’ve subsequently deleted or incorrectly modified.
Image credits: Apple Inc, Bombich Software Inc, Shirt Pocket, BeLight Software Ltd, Backblaze, iDrive Inc
Do you have too many backups, or not enough?
Can you easily recover from the backups you do have?
Here we talk you through how you can create and restore from Time Machine backups, and also how to clone your internal and external drives using third-party apps. We strongly recommend you use both Time Machine and drive cloning apps. Time Machine is great for delving into to retrieve a file deleted in error, or for restoring your Mac from a previous backup. Cloned backups, on the other hand, are kept in exactly the same state as the drive you’re cloning. Therefore, if the original drive ever fails, you’ll have an exact copy of it.
Here’s a quick tip about Time Machine. If you need to recover an accidentally deleted file, or one that’s been edited and you need an older version, open the Finder window where it is – or was – stored. Open Time Machine and navigate to the time and date when the file you want was present, or before the edit. Click on it, then click the Restore button to recover the file, or an earlier version of it.