How to synchronize changes in the iMac to an external flash drive

Without using a 3rd party application, is it possible to synchronize changes made to my iMac documents and data on an external drive such as a flash drive? I use Time Machine, but I want to connect via a usb cable flash drive in the iMac, such as changes I made one of my documents will automatically flash player to activate and make the same changes on the documents that are in the flash player.

Not as part of the OS x Time Machine does not have a mirror copy of the backup computer. So what you have is just a backup that can be restored using the application Time Machine.

There are many utilities of third parties who may perform scheduled backups, incremental reflecting the main hard drive.

Recommended backup software

1 Carbon Copy clone

2. get backup

3 already seen

4 superDuper!

Visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the backup and restore.  Also read How to back up and restore your files.

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