Restore A Backup (Mac); Set Up A Backup Schedule - Toshiba Canvio Home User Manual

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5
Turn off your computer.
6
Connect both your computer and CANVIO HOME device through a cable to the same network that you used when you
backed up the system.
NOTE
You cannot do a system restore over a wireless connection to the network...
7
Insert the rescue media USB thumb drive into a USB port on your computer.
8
Turn on the computer. Your computer system boots using the rescue media.
9
The computer finds the saved backup image on the CANVIO HOME. If more than one system image exists, click the
image you want to use—usually the most recent one.
10
The system checks the available space on the replacement hard drive. After verifying the available space, the restore
process begins.
NOTE
The restore process may take up to several hours.

Restore a backup (Mac)

Regardless of what username you used to log in when setting up or starting Time Machine backups, you must log in as
timemachineuser to do a Time Machine system restore. To enable password access, you may need to go to Settings >
Advanced > Access and look for timemachineuser.
1
From your computer's Menu Bar or Dock, click the Time Machine icon. Alternatively, under System Preferences, click
Time Machine.
2
Click Enter Time Machine.
3
Scroll to view the backup list by TimeLine.
4
Click the file(s), folder(s), or system image you want to restore.
5
Click Restore.
6
Choose one of the following: Keep Original, Keep Both, or Replace.
Regardless of the contents on the hard drive and how it is partitioned, the backup and restore feature copies and produces the
NOTE
same format as the existing hard drive.

Set up a backup schedule

1
From the main menu, click the Full System Backup
2
Select Schedule Backups, and then click Continue.
3
On the Backup Schedules screen, select Full System Backup Not Scheduled and click Edit.
Back up and restore your system
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