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macOSHow-To July 11, 2026 3 min read

How to Create and Manage APFS Snapshots Manually with tmutil

A complete walkthrough creating, listing, mounting, and cleaning up APFS local snapshots directly — the same mechanism Time Machine uses, available for manual, ad-hoc use.

#howto#apfs#snapshots

macOSHow-To July 11, 2026 3 min read

Managing Time Machine From the Command Line with tmutil

Starting, stopping, inspecting, and restoring from Time Machine backups without touching the GUI, useful for scripting backups or diagnosing why one is stuck.

#tmutil#time-machine#cli