Once you have got the basics down, however, the more complicated commands will be easy to understand.īefore starting this tutorial, it’s important to note that a Time Machine drive must be connected to the Mac you are using. To cover every tmutil command in detail would require far more than just one article. This tutorial will introduce, and provide an overview of, controlling Time Machine from the Terminal. Through the Time Machine utility Terminal command-abbreviated to tmutil-you can control any aspect of a Time Machine setup, and also find out more information about it.
Time Machine is very simple to set up and use, however, if you want more control over it, you’ll need to break out one of OS X’s oldest applications: Terminal. In a previous tutorial, I showed how to get started with Time Machine, OS X’s built in backup utility.
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