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macOSHow-To July 11, 2026 4 min read

How to Create and Manage APFS Snapshots Manually with tmutil

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 4 min read

Starting, stopping, inspecting, and restoring Time Machine backups without the GUI — useful for scripting backups or diagnosing a stuck one.

#tmutil#time-machine#cli