buwp9296 wrote:
I need to restore my Mac and back up my Mac via Time machine hourly. However, when I go to Restore from Back-up, the only back-ups showing on the external drive are 4 years old. However, when I look in the drive itself on the mac I can see all the most recent back-ups. How can I do a full back-up so I have a complete, full recent back-up to use to restore my computer? (I need to reinstall MacOS and want to be sure I have the most recent back-up available to restore from). Macbook says I have Ventura which isn't showing in the topic list below either.
Hold the Option key click the TM icon in the menu bar, and see if there is a "browse other backup disk" option...?
you local Recovery has the local snapshots— so depending on how far back you need to go(?)
ref: About Time Machine local snapshots on Mac
do not wait for a catastrophic failure to get the back up religion:
If you value your user data
3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.
More than one device, more than one backup methodology— and backup regularly.
You can reinstall the macOS on top of the existing macOS if that is the extent of it...
there are options there, leaving your user data un touched.
How to reinstall macOS Recovery (both M1/M2/M3/M4 and Intel) — How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
