tmutil

Manages Time Machine backups on macOS.

macOS

Last updated: 2025-09-09 Report error

Syntax

$tmutil [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]

Examples

$tmutil listbackups

Examples

$tmutil startbackup

Examples

$tmutil delete /path/to/backup

Warnings

Available from macOS 10.7

Typical use cases

Standard usage

tmutil --help

Detailed Help

man tmutil

Note macOS-specific Time Machine management tool.

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