Check Time Machine backups
Q How often should I check the integrity of my Mac’s Time Machine backups, and how should I do that?
by MILO CAMERON
A Time Machine’s backups made to APFS storage are completely different from those it made to Macintosh Extended disks of the past, and should need a minimum of checking or maintenance.
In the past, Time Machine has offered a consistency scan, but that’s no longer functional. There’s still an option to Verify Backups, offered if you open the Time Machine menu with the Option key held, but