Make a backup

If you want T2M2 to tell Time Machine to make a backup now, click on the  Back up now  button at the top right of the window.

This uses a better way of making the backup than using the Time Machine menu command of  Back Up Now . If you use that instead, it will be shown in T2M2’s report as being a  manual  backup. When T2M2 makes the backup, it is run as if it were an  automatic  backup.

Your next backup will still start at its normal time.

When making a backup, you can still  Check Time Machine , but until it completes, T2M2 will give an amber warning because a backup is still in progress. It is best to wait until that backup has been completed before using  Check Time Machine .

This is particularly useful if you discover that no backups have been made for some time, as it allows you to make one immediately, and when that is complete you can check it for errors using  Check Time Machine .

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