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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

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: 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

When should you upgrade from an older macOS?

Now is a good time to re-evaluate which version of macOS your Macs are running. In the next […]

March 12, 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

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