Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Demand

Chapter 20. Backing Up Everything with Time Machine

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• Set Up Time Machine for Backups

• Perform a Backup

• Exclude Items from a Backup

• Work with a Backup

• Recover Backed Up Items

• Recover an Entire Computer System

• Create a Disk Image to Backup Files

• Burn a CD or DVD from a Disk Image

• Restore a Disk Image

• Back Up Files onto a CD or DVD

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Introduction

Backing up your files is an important part of protecting and maintaining your computer. If you accidentally deleted a file or lose files due to a computer problem, you can recover them with a backup.

Time Machine is a Mac OS X application that allows you to back up everything on your computer on a regular basis without any additional work on your part after the initial set ...