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Time Machine (macOS)
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<p>Time Machine is the <a href="/facts/Backup_software/PeJBHS6L">backup</a> mechanism of <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, the desktop <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> developed by <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a>. The software is designed to work with both local storage devices and network-attached disks, and is commonly used with external disk drives connected using either <a href="/facts/USB/XcIKWLyg">USB</a> or <a href="/facts/Thunderbolt_(interface)/x6pqMKHY">Thunderbolt</a>. It was first introduced in <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X_Leopard/UmXw4H5x">Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard</a>, which was released in October 2007 and incrementally refined in subsequent releases of macOS. Time Machine was revamped in <a href="/facts/MacOS_Big_Sur/RV8pCK4d">macOS 11 Big Sur</a> to support <a href="/facts/Apple_File_System/y16sIvSM">APFS</a>, thereby enabling "faster, more compact, and more reliable backups" than were possible previously. </p>