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3. Backing Up Your Data Setting Up Apple Time Machine
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3. Click Search for Backups to display backup plans. Select the backup plan that has the file
that you want to restore.
If the file was saved on Seagate Central, Seagate Dashboard maintains earlier versions of
the file, so you can select the most recent version or a previous version.
4. Click the > button and select where you want to restore the file. By default, Seagate
Dashboard saves restored files in their original location on your system.
5. Click the green checkmark to restore the file from the backup to the selected location.
Setting Up Apple Time Machine
Time Machine is the backup software built into Mac OS X. You can set up Time Machine to
continuously back up your system to your Seagate Central device.
1. Open System Preferences and then click Time Machine.
2. In the Time Machine window, click the Select Backup Disk button.
Figure 12: Apple Time Machine Window