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title: "How do I make a TimeMachine drive?"  
description: "How do I make a TimeMachine drive?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-09-19  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50026/how-do-i-make-a-timemachine-drive  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["mac troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How do I make a TimeMachine drive?

How do I make a TimeMachine drive?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- Use **Time Machine**, your [**Mac's**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95492/how-do-you-reset-safari-on-a-mac) built-in backup function, to back up your personal data, including apps, music, photographs, email, and documents, automatically.
- An external storage device, such as a USB or Thunderbolt drive, should be connected. Find out more about backup discs and how to use them with Time Machine.
- From the Time Machine option in the menu bar, select Preferences. Alternatively, go to the Apple menu > **System Preferences > Time Machine.**
- Select a backup disc by clicking on it.
- Select your disk's name, then click Use Disk. Time Machine starts producing backups on a regular basis right away, without you having to do anything.
- Choose Back Up Now from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar if you want to start a backup manually rather than waiting for the next automated backup.

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