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If the code box above doesn’t work well for you, here is the terminal command with a line break to allow it to appear on this page easier. System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper The first is to right-click (ctrl-click) on the Time Machine icon in the dock and select Back Up Now from the menu.Īlternatively, you can just tell Time Machine to start by the following terminal command: Finally, the backup kicks in.įorcing Time Machine to start backing up is actually pretty easy. I connect my external drive to my macbook pro and wait… and wait, and wait. Who wants to connect a drive and then wait 10-15 minutes for the backup to kick in? Here is how to force time machine to start the backup process. However, when connecting external drives, the automated system does not work well. This works well for a fixed backup system. But I'd really rather not turn it on given the swollen battery and potential for damage, plus I'm curious about this question for its own sake.In OS X 10.5 Leopard, Time Machine will handle the backups with minimal user input. (For completeness, I actually do still have my laptop with the swollen battery since they're sending me a box in a couple days to use for shipping it. How can I get my passwords out of the keychain(s) and Firefox data from within my backup? I'd rather not use that one if I don't have to. I also have an older MacBook Pro from 2010 that I almost never turn on I think it's running Mac OS Lion (10.7) but it might be Maverick (10.9?). I have other computers available running Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows (both 7 and 10) to which I can connect my CarbonCop圜loner backup. But that would be a lot of hassle, and then when I get my Mac back I would have to update the keychains and Firefox. Since I do have email access through other devices, I could reset various passwords. Obviously I know my login password and the passwords to unlock my keychains (though I often just use the default login keychain), but I don't know most of the other passwords. They're mostly auto-generated fully random passwords, saved in either Keychain Access or in Firefox's password-saving feature (or sometimes both). In the meantime, a lot of my passwords are unknown to me. The servicing of the Mac will take a while (maybe a week or so). I have an up-to-date backup (a bootable backup) made with CarbonCop圜loner. Click the Time Machine icon located in the Menu Bar and choose Enter Time Machine.

Open the folder that contained the deleted files using Finder. This is how you can restore deleted files from a Time Machine backup: Step 1. My MacBook Pro (running 10.11.6) has a swollen battery, so I shut it down promptly and am sending it in for service. Starting from macOS 11 Big Sur Time Machine is able to make faster, more compact, and more reliable backups.