Don’t just trust your backups—verify them. Each quarter, restore a few files from Time Machine, your clone, or your cloud backup, and make sure they open correctly. Silent failures happen; test restores prevent nasty surprises.
Austin Mac Works Blog: Backups
Time Machine Now Offers Daily and Weekly Frequencies
Has Time Machine’s hourly backup frequency been problematic for you? Starting in macOS 13 Ventura, you can instead choose a daily or weekly backup schedule.
Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads
Using iCloud Drive? Learn how to recover local storage space.
Your Time Machine Drive Just Filled Up. What Should You Do?
What should you do when your Time Machine backup drive fills up? We investigate the options in this piece:
How to Back Up an iPhone or iPad with Your Mac Running Catalina
If you prefer to back up your iOS devices to your Mac, rather than take advantage of daily automatic iCloud backups, note that in macOS 10.15 Catalina, you now do that in the Finder, not in iTunes. Here’s what you need to know:
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