How can i tell Time Machine to make a backup right away?

By the hour Time Machine wants to make the backup my computer was asleep. Don't there is a back-up NOW button?

Click and hold Time Machine icon in the Dock, then choose "backup now".
-mj

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    Hi I'd like to jump in here. Your app showed me this:
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                        Last backup: 2013-11-17 01:40:47 +0000
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              Time Machine details may not be accurate.
              All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
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  • How do I tell Time Machine to do a backup now?

    I thought there was a way to tell Time Machine to make a backup now.  However, I can't find a place to tell it to make a backup.  Any suggestions?

    Hey Eric,
    Aah, there it is!
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  • How can I force Time Machine to use existing backup sparsebundle files?

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    How can I force Time Machine to use the existing backups.backupdb sparsebundle files instead of creating new ones?
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  • How can I prevent Time Machine from deleting a backup?

    I just want to make one particular backup immune to Time Machine's auto-delete function.  It's the one I used to migrate from my old computer to my current one.  I tried to just drag-copy it on to a different drive, but apparently I don't have permission to copy my own computer's backups... weird.
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    Explodey wrote:
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  • How do I tell Time Machine to add a new external drive to be backed up?

    How do I tell Time Machine to add a new external drive to be backed up?  I have an external drive with data I need to add to my overall back up with what's on my mac.  I have a separate drive already active as the Time Machine backup disk.  I can see how to EXCLUDE disks, but how do I ADD that new external drive to regular backups?
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  • How can I use time machine to back up and play media?

    I just bought an external hard drive that I wanted to back up some media files onto (music and photos).  I also want to stove videos/movies on the hard drive and play them from there.  A few questions:
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    Time Machine makes a backup of your hard drive, which you can restore from, but not use as a repository of data.
    Time Machine automatically makes incremental backups as you change things on the Mac HD.
    Time Machine is not an archive, meaning if you make a backup, and then delete the originals from your Mac, Time Machine will eventually delete the copies it has made.
    However, if you copy the files directly to the external, then you can remove them from the computer. But, those will be your only copies. If that disk dies, they'll be gone. So, that's really not a backup. It's the only source.
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  • I am trying to update my time machine backup on time capsule, but time machine keeps trying to create an entirely new backup (evidenced by the 200GB backup size). How can I get time machine to modify my old backup rather than create a new one?

    I am trying to update my time machine backup on time capsule, but time machine keeps trying to create an entirely new backup (evidenced by the 200GB backup size). How can I get time machine to modify my old backup rather than create a new one?

    It must have found the old backup corrupt.. so you will more than likely have little choice. You can archive off the old backup if it is still useful.
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    He also has some info on this problem. eg C13.

  • How can I get Time Machine to back up an external hard drive (iPhotos) that is attached to airport extreme base station. Note: Time machine is usb to macbook pro and external drive with iphotos is usb to airport extreme base station. Help please. Thanks!

    How can I get Time Machine to back up an external hard drive (iPhotos) that is attached to airport extreme base station. Note: Time machine is usb to macbook pro and external drive with iphotos is usb to airport extreme base station. Help please. Thanks!

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    Click Options
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  • How can i use time machine with a network drive

    I have a Western Digital Net N900 wireless router with a 2TB internal H/D. How can I get Time Machine to reconize it?

    Relying only on TM to me is iffy but I would bet you have clones in addition to TM like I do.  I agree with everything you said but to the OP question, it is possible.  A time capsule or AEBS+HD are pretty similar but one is officially supported while the later is not.
    Since I'm rambling a bit I will add this.  I only use TM for the times I delete something and then wish I had it back.  All my restores or migrations are done from my clones.  One clone is made weekly and is a snap shot of my system.  One clone I keep remotely located and is updated monthly.
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  • How can I access Time Machine backups after doing an erase/reinstall of Mavericks?

    I recently did a complete erase of my hard drive and re-installed Mavericks. I chose to start clean rather than use any Time Machine back-ups. I used the same external hard drive for my new Time Machine back-ups. Now I cannot open any back-ups/items prior to the re-install via Time Machine. They are listed along the right hand sidebar in Time Machine (star wars view) but will not open when clicked on.
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    Message was edited by: Rant&Raver
    corrected some spelling errors!

    To restore  the library from your TM backup follow the instructions in this screenshot.
    If you want to restore all of your Home folder documents you can use Migration Assistant.

  • How can I store time machine backups on Amazon Glacier?

    Hello,
    How can I use time machine to backup my mac and have the time machine files stored on Amazone Glacier? upload is easy but I wonder how to restore a backup on Glacier to the mac.
    Thanks.

    You need to create the sparsebundle on external drive.. then copy it to the cloud store area. You cannot directly backup TM to the cloud.
    And please note.. sparsebundle is a single file.. if a small file inside it corrupts.. the whole thing is corrupt. It might be repaired perhaps but any failure is far more serious than a failure in a simple backup.
    I still think TM is unsuitable. You are far better using a software that can rsync to backup.. ie CCC.

  • How can I delete time machine back up from my computer hard drive

    How can I delete time machine back up from my computer hard drive?

    How to Delete a Time Machine Backup - YouTube
    If you want to remove an entire Time Machine backup on a backup drive, then the easiest way to do that is to erase the backup drive using Disk Utility. However, this will delete everything on the disk:
    Drive Erase Snow Leopard and Earlier
    1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
    If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
    2. After DU loads select the volume you wish to format from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.

  • How can i turn time machine on macbook air?

    how can i turn time machine on macbook air?

    Attach an external storage device to hold the backups, or choose a Time Capsule on your Network.
    System Preferences > Time Capsule
    Select the drive which will hold the backups.
    Flip the switch in the System Preferences Time Capsule pane to ON.

  • How can I change time machine settings?

    How can I change time machine settings? I only want Time Machine to backup my Home Folders and the items on the desktop. Currently, it's backing up more files which overwhelm my backup drive. How do I get it to back up Home/Desktop ONLY?
    knarfrh60

    Also, see  selecting items to exclude from the backup  here...
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
    You may also find this Link of interest...
    Time Machine Tutorial

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