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Preparing to upgrade to Catalina

Coming in just a few weeks now, if you’re going to upgrade early to Catalina, now’s the time to start preparing with these tips.

September 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to back up your iCloud Keychain

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Keychains contain some of our most important and precious data, and are often shared with iOS devices using iCloud. How can you back them up then?

September 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Are we ready for Time Machine 2.0 yet?

What do we want? Time Machine backing up to APFS storage. When do we want it? Well, not quite yet.

August 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple’s guidance on backing up your Mac revisited

Are iCloud Drive, CDs and DVDs, and partitions on the same storage really suitable places for you to back your Mac up?

July 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

T2M2 version 1.7 brings font sizing and saves window settings

Changes the font size between 4 and 60 points and saves the setting to its preferences. Also opens windows in saved size and position.

June 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: past, present and future

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Coming up to its 12th birthday, Time Machine backups have changed a great deal, but still rely on a feature almost unique to HFS+. What is their future?

June 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

T2M2 version 1.5 has minor improvements

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Minor improvements including the app checking its integrity when it opens, and a direct link to its product page for support.

May 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Investigating Time Machine errors with T2M2 and Consolation 3

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How to detect and investigate a problem with Time Machine backups in Mojave, using only free tools.

May 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave’s Time Machine 1.5: Working well but small quirks

With APFS, Time Machine underwent major change, to using snapshots to determine what to back up, rather than FSEvents. How well has this worked?

March 2, 2019 Macs, Technology

Recovering a damaged document

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That document is damaged and can’t be opened. But you think it’s got versions saved, if only you could get at them. How?

March 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

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