Tag: backup
Time Machine, Migration Assistant or a fresh start?
When you purchase a new Mac there are a few options for how you can transfer your old data across to your new computer, but which is the best? If you have access to an external SSD hard disk, Time Machine is the safest way to copy your files to a new computer.
How to rsync from Siteground to backup your website using OSX.
This is quite technical, but I’m putting it here so I don’t forget, and for anyone else who may be helped! Rsync is a file copying protocol that allows you to copy an entire directory. It’s like an automated version of ftp, but it uses the SSH protocol not ftp. Here’s how to make a…
Backups not yet working in Big Sur on M1 Macs.
There’s a bug in Apple’s software that means you can’t clone your hard disk on a Silicon Mac yet. You will be able to use Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner to make a backup, but you can’t yet make a bootable backup. Here’s the message from Carbon Copy Cloner:
How do I format a new Hard Drive to use with Time Machine?
Answer: Use Mac OS Extended. Mac OS Extended, also known as HFS Plus or HFS+, is the file system that was used on all Macs from 1998 until the last couple of years. APFS is the new file system for OSX and it works well for an SSD drive. But you can’t backup to an APFS drive using Time…
Seagate Expansion and Backup Plus pull apart – what’s the difference?
Seagate make two external USB drives. The Seagate Backup Plus and the Seagate Expansion. They are both USB 3 compatible. They both come with a three-year warranty in Australia, although in the USA the expansion only has a 1 year warranty. The Backup Plus model costs $20 more. A lot of reviewers say that…
If your data and time REALLY matters to you…
Last week I had a hard disk crash. If you’ve had a hard disk crash you may know it can take a day or two to get things up and running again, a day or two that I didn’t have. I was flat our trying to get away on holidays before Christmas. Thankfully, I have a Promise…
How to move a Time Machine backup to a different hard drive.
If you’re like me after a year or two you may have outgrown your Time Machine backup and with Hard Drive prices dropping it’s time to get a bigger hard disk to host your Time Machine backup. But starting a new time machine backup on a new hard disk means you lose the continuity with your old backups. Thankfully…
How to transfer your data from an old macbook to a newer thunderbolt macbook or macbook air.
Options for connecting the newer MacBooks (that don’t have ethernet or firewire) to older macbooks (that don’t have thunderbolt).
Backup Backup Backup!!!
Is your computer backed up? With 2T hard disks at around $100, there’s no excuse not to have your computer backed up. This is the easiest way.
How to make a bootable backup of your computer
This article describes how to manually make a bootable backup of your computer using Super Duper. Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper are both paid apps. Super Duper has a free version which will do the job.
How to backup and restore your computer using Time Machine
This article describes how to backup your computer using Time Machine. Apple’s Time Machine is the best backup system available for the Macintosh.
How to back up your computer automatically (with MyBook Live and Time Machine)
How to backup your computer using Apple’s Time Machine and an external networked hard drive.