Backing up our Macs, iPhones and iPads is easier than ever, but many people don't bother making sure their data is safe and sound. This week, David and Stephen talk through some basic backup strategies before offering some advice when considering upgrading to new versions of macOS and iOS.
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Links and Show Notes:
Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership
Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Stephen's Stickered MacBookPro
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Data Protection Strategy
Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support
Hard Drive Reliability in 2019: Failure Rates of 108,461 Drives - Backblaze
How to Set up Time Machine Server – 512 Pixels
Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support
Use Time Machine to restore deleted files or older files - Apple Support
Backblaze
Backblaze Storage Pod
Crashplan
Arq
Carbon Copy Cloner
SuperDuper
ChronoSync
About backups for iOS devices - Apple Support
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
DaisyDisk
iCloud storage plans and pricing - Apple Support
Use Quick Start to transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
How to use the iPhone migration tool in iOS 12.4 - 9to5Mac
macOS Catalina - Apple
Michael Tsai - Blog - Annoying Catalina Security Features
Go64
Why the iOS 13.1 Beta is a Good Thing — MacSparky
iOS 13 Preview - Apple
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