Creating regular backups of your essential files goes a long way in ensuring your devices remain in tip-top form, regardless of whether you’re a casual user or a hardcore tinkering veteran with ...

Time Machine remains an outstanding solution for local backups on your Mac, but backups require an external drive, no cloud backups here. We all understand the importance of backing up a Mac, despite ...

For Apple users seeking a secure and efficient way to manage files, back up data, and organize photos, without huge monthly iCloud costs. Synology NAS devices offer a robust and versatile solution for ...

Apple’s Time Capsule base station put a Wi-Fi access point, a network router, and a backup drive that tied into Time Machine all in a single box. That was its downfall, too: if the drive failed or ...

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Get simple desktop widgets for monitoring Time Machine. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Backup Status is a simple app that puts a Time Machine widget on your Mac desktop (or stows it away in your ...

Time Machine seems to work okay with it but every now and again I get a message saying that Time Machine has been unable to verify the backup and has to make a new one. This is starting to annoy me ...

Time Machine, the built-in backup tool in macOS, provides a straightforward and reliable way to protect your valuable data. Whether you’re safeguarding critical work files, cherished family photos, or ...

I'm posting to solicit some thoughts re backup systems, pros and cons. Presently I have a fairly complex and convoluted system for backups for my main desktop system: 1) TimeMachine to backup to an ...