Utility for managing Time Machine backups. Most verbs require root privileges. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/tmutil.html.
- Set an HFS+ drive as the backup destination:
sudo tmutil setdestination {{path/to/disk_mount_point}}
- Set an APF share or SMB share as the backup destination:
sudo tmutil setdestination {{protocol://user[:password]@host/share}}
- Append the given destination to the list of destinations:
sudo tmutil setdestination -a {{destination}}
- Enable automatic backups:
sudo tmutil enable
- Disable automatic backups:
sudo tmutil disable
- Start a backup, if one is not running already, and release control of the shell:
sudo tmutil startbackup
- Start a backup and block until the backup is finished:
sudo tmutil startbackup -b
- Stop a backup:
sudo tmutil stopbackup