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all.) The OS runs scans late at night regularly and either fixes any problems

or makes you aware of them when you next access the Mac.

Scheduling Backups in Windows

Backing up critical files is an important part of maintaining any operating

system. Every operating system comes with some form of backup utility to

copy important files to extra hard drives, thumb drives, over the network, or

to the cloud.

The backup utility in Windows varies depending on your version of the

OS: in Windows 7, it’s called Backup and Restore; Windows 8/8.1/10 use a

tool called File History (Windows 10 retains Backup and Restore for restore

only). You’ll learn more about each of these tools later in the chapter, but for

right now, since we’re discussing scheduling, let’s talk about scheduling

backups of your data, something necessary in Windows 7 and handy in later

versions of Windows.

All backup tools have two important steps. First, you choose which files to

back up. Second, you choose when these backups take place using some form

of scheduling. Windows 10’s File History applet includes a scheduler, too.

Near the end of the Set up backup wizard, after you’ve turned on File History

and selected a backup medium, you click on Advanced Settings to set when

and how often you want Windows to create the backup (see Figure 14-18).

It’s that easy.

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