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

backupd — Time Machine backup daemon

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.

backupd-helper(8), tmutil(8)

November 10, 2016 macOS