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Guaranteeing Data Integrity

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Businesses are often built on trust, and one of the most fundamental elements of trust must be in the accuracy of the data on your Mac. How should you ensure that your files remain true and correct?

May 11, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Time Machine backups for iCloud

I am considering putting some key spreadsheets containing our business accounts into iCloud. But what if I accidentally trash them using my iPad: can I use Time Machine to restore them?

May 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Backing Up, Time Machine, and the Cloud: Managing risks for the Individual

Losing documents – cherished photos, or vital work – is tragic, costly, and wastes time. Combat the risk by designing a backup strategy.

May 5, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: How big for backups?

I want an external drive to support Time Machine backups of my iMac, which currently has 805 GB free space on its 1 TB internal drive. How big should this backup disk be?

May 2, 2015 Macs, Technology

When the backups stop: unravelling wireless backups

Maintaining backups with Time Machine or third-party software over a WiFi network is very convenient, but when it goes wrong can be a devil to repair. Here’s how to unravel these problems.

April 14, 2015 Macs, Technology

Recovering from a hard crash

Crashes don’t come any harder than when your Mac just sits there, your startup disk missing or unusable. Here is how to prepare for, and recover from, such a hard crash.

March 15, 2015 Macs

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