
To cancel a backup in progress, choose Ignore this backup (or Stop backup) from the Time Machine menu.To stop automatic backups, open Time Machine preferences, then deselect Perform backup automatically (macOS Sierra) or turn off Time Machine (OS X El Capitan or earlier). You can still back up manually by choosing Backup Now from the Time Machine menu.To back up immediately instead of waiting for the next automatic backup, choose Back up now from the Time Machine menu.Repeat the process to add another backup disk and thus improve the security and convenience of your backups. For example, you can use one disk at home and another at work.Īfter configuring Time Machine, this feature automatically creates time backups of the last 24 hours, daily backups of last month and weekly backups of all previous months. Older backups are deleted when the backup drive is full.Select a backup disk from the list, then click Use disk.


Click Select Backup Disk, Select Disk, or Add/Remove Backup Disk.Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or choose Apple menu ()> System Preferences, then click Time Machine.
