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Back up files manually - macOS Tutorial
From the course: macOS Big Sur Essential Training
Back up files manually
- [Instructor] I strongly recommend you set up a system to back up the files you have on your Mac. A backup is when you have two or more copies of something in case something happens to one of the copies you have another copy for safety. In this video, we'll see how to backup your files manually. And of course, the first thing you need to decide is what you are going to back up. I think it's a good idea to back up your Home folder and we're bringing back something important we covered much earlier in this course. If we go to Finder, to your main system drive, into the folder called Users, you should see a folder with your name on it. This is your Home folder and there will be one for each user account you have set up on your computer. So you'll need to go into the Home folder for the account you're currently signed into. And then you'll have all of these folders where you should be storing your personal files. Your…
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