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BACKUPD(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						BACKUPD(8)

NAME
     backupd -- Time Machine backup daemon

DESCRIPTION
     backupd is the Time Machine backup daemon. It is responsible for creating Time Machine backups and managing its backup history.

     There are no configurations to backupd, aside from exclusions, and users should not run backupd manually.

SEE ALSO
     backupd-helper(8), tmutil(8)

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