Despite your best effort, accidents happen, losing a MacBook or seeing your Mac simply die for no reason. You can take the sting out of any mishap if you have a backup. Much like flossing, backing up ...

Automatically start a Time Machine backup when you plug in the drive and dismount the drive when the backup is complete.

How to Use Time Machine to Backup Any Mac Time Machine is an app that comes with every Mac. It’s designed to help you back up everything on your Mac. It literally mirrors your Mac’s internal hard ...

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We’re not saying that Mac computers aren’t solidly built. They are. But, like everything else, they have a shelf life. Inevitably, and probably without warning, your Mac will cease to operate and ...

Apple designed your computer to be reliable and user-friendly, but even the best MacBooks are far from foolproof. Whether user error or software crashes, you can end ...

This goes to show what a one-person shop is capable of, and there are some good utilities coming out of MacDaddy. A little polish and easier access to full disk access could go a long way, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. March 31 is World Backup Day. Now, I know most people roll ...

To improve system security your M1 Mac won't boot if the internal solid state drive (SSD) completely dies. While there's been very little information released by Apple on their SSD architecture -- I'm ...

What is the current state of enterprise backup for OS X? I've got a few Xserves (alas, sure wish they were still making them) and two FC Promise RAID units. I'm currently handling backup manually in ...