Recover your lost data with Time Machine local snapshots! 🔄
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If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac and something goes wrong with your external hard drive, you can still recover data with local snapshots! Time Machine is Apple`s built-in software program for backing up your Mac. All you need is an external hard drive and a cable to connect said hard drive to your Mac. If for some reason, your hard drive is not connected to its external hard drive after you enable Time Machine, you can still access your recent backups thanks to local snapshots. Here`s how it works. NOTE: If you are running macOS using APFS, local snapshots are saved on your internal disk, whether it`s a Mac desktop or laptop. If you`re using a computer running HFS+, Mac desktops do not support local snapshots, but Mac laptops do. What is a local snapshot and how is it different than an external hard drive backup? When does Time Machine create a local snapshot? How do I retrieve data from a local snapshot? How do I delete local snapshots to free up space on my Mac`s inte...