Are iCloud Drive, CDs and DVDs, and partitions on the same storage really suitable places for you to back your Mac up?
Time Machine
SwiftUI, notarization, malware detection, and Time Machine for APFS: all look worryingly incomplete in Catalina. Are they a bit premature?
Changes the font size between 4 and 60 points and saves the setting to its preferences. Also opens windows in saved size and position.
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?
Was WWDC a damp squib after all? With only one new unaffordable Mac announced, and more dreadful privacy dialogs on their way, you might think so.
Minor improvements including the app checking its integrity when it opens, and a direct link to its product page for support.
How to detect and investigate a problem with Time Machine backups in Mojave, using only free tools.
This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utility The Time Machine Mechanic, T2M2. […]
iOS 10.3, released on 27 March 2017, thrust the new file system on a great many unsuspecting users. Apple chose a high risk strategy. Has it paid off?
With APFS, Time Machine underwent major change, to using snapshots to determine what to back up, rather than FSEvents. How well has this worked?
