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Search Results for: Time Machine

Getting started with Time Machine to APFS in Big Sur

For many, this could be the best reason for upgrading early. Even when it doesn’t go quite as expected, this really isn’t difficult.

December 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine and snapshots

Time Machine has been using snapshots since High Sierra. How can it then use them to make backups to APFS volumes in Big Sur?

July 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine 17: Using utilities to solve problems

The most common problems with Time Machine backups, and how to tackle them using free tools.

July 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine 16: Reading a normal backup in Catalina using Mints

A detailed walk through the log extract delivered simply by Mints, showing steps in a normal Catalina backup.

July 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS, and more

APFS adds 6 volume roles, including one which supports Time Machine backups. And per-file encryption is coming.

June 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

How to make Time Machine backups to an APFS disk

Time Machine can’t make backups to a disk formatted in APFS. Oh yes it can – and here’s how you can do it too.

May 26, 2020 Macs, Technology

How to check the integrity of files in a Time Machine backup

How to check whether the files in a Time Machine backup are intact and uncorrupted. Only what do you do with the results?

May 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: How Time Machine backups waste space

How your Mac’s security and privacy systems can cause duplicate copies of files to be written to your backups.

March 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

Beyond Time Machine: 5 Archiving

What do you do with all those old but important documents? Do you just leave them cluttering up storage, or have you archived them? Here’s how to archive properly.

March 19, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Beyond Time Machine: 4 Offsite backups

What happens if you can’t access your Mac or its local backups? That’s what offsite backups cover – and you need them however small your system might be.

March 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

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