Open MOBILEBACKUPS file

MOBILEBACKUPS files: what are they and how do I open them?

mobilebackups file icon Are you facing difficulties opening unknown files on your computer, or wondering exactly what this file is?
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Apple macOS backup

A mobilebackups file extension is related to the Mac OS X (also known as macOS) operating system. A mobilebackups directory stores backup from Time Machine.

Further details:

The mobilebackups file extension is related to the Mac OS X (macOS) an operating system based on UNIX available for Apple Mac and MacBook computers.

The mobilebackups is hidden directory used to store backups from Time Machine.

The mobilebackups is created when the Mac is not connected to Time Machine compatible storage.

If the Mac is connected to Time Machine storage, backup from mobilebackups will be copied to it.

The mobilebackups directory may use very large portion of disk space, if you don't want to use this function, you can disable it by this command for Terminal:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

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Time Machine

A backup utility from Mac OS X

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macOS

A Unix-based desktop operating system for Apple Mac computers

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Mac OS X

Unix-based operating system for Apple Mac computers

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