3
CHECK AVAILABLE SPACE Eligible
drives are listed showing free space.
Time Machine can share a drive with other
files (no need to partition it). Aim to
select a drive bigger than all the space
you’re backing up. Click Set Up.4
START BACKING UP Check Back Up
Automatically. Your first backup will
start in the background. This takes time
but future updates will be quicker. Check
“Show Time Machine in menu bar” to add
an icon in the menu bar.5
RESTORE FILES In future, select a
file in Finder (if you’ve deleted it,
select the folder it was in). On the Time
Machine menu, click Enter Time Machine.
Use the arrows to pick a dated version,
then click Restore.3
Delete downloads
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a tab for your Downloads folder,
which often contains disposable
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Storage Management
lists files that are taking
up space.Take out the Trash
1 GO THROUGH
YOUR BIN
As you remove unwanted files,
you might notice you’re not
gaining any space. That’s
because anything you’ve
deleted will normally still be
sitting in the Trash, which means
it’s still taking up storage.
Opt-click the Trash icon, at the
right-hand end of the Dock, and
choose Open.2 RESCUE ANY TRASHED
FILES YOU NEED
Check through the list of files. If
there’s anything you’ve deleted
by mistake, Opt-click it and
choose Put Back to return it to
its original folder, or drag it to
another location.3 DELETE THE REST
To be cautious, you can
delete individual files from the
Trash: Opt-click and choose
Delete Immediately. To get rid
of them all, Opt-click the Trash
icon and choose Empty Trash.