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File Integrity 11 : Which RAID levels enable file recovery?

Selecting a RAID level to preserve file integrity can be confusing. Here’s a guide, complete with the ifs and buts.

May 2, 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

What changes a file’s modification date, and what doesn’t?

Do changing permissions or an extended attribute also alter a file’s modification date?

March 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: No thanks for the memories

Because of its glorious past, Apple is about the future. But just now we need our past, with the future looking so uncertain.

March 22, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Backing up the future

Time Machine supported Time Capsules, which generated revenue which was lost nearly 2 years ago. How could Apple replace it and fund further Time Machine development?

March 15, 2020 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

Beyond Time Machine: 3 Hourly backups

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Making backups of carefully-selected active folders ever hour using ChronoSync, and with Time Machine.

March 11, 2020 Macs, Technology

Beyond Time Machine: 2 Infrequent backups

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Implementing a more efficient backup strategy than simply turning Time Machine on and hoping.

March 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine 15: Large files including VMs

Do you have VMs or other large files, and use Time Machine for backups? Here’s how to make those backups quicker and more compact.

March 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

T2M2 version 1.14 is more forgiving

One small change: you no longer need to press Tab or Enter to set the time period.

February 26, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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