A duplicate is also helpful when moving to a new boot drive or Mac. Bootable Duplicate: Rely on software like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper (and there are many others) to make a bootable duplicate that will help you get up and running quickly if something goes wrong with your boot drive.Versioned Backups: Use Time Machine with an external hard drive to make it easy to recover an accidentally deleted or corrupted file, and to provide a restoration option when moving to a new drive or migrating to a new Mac.IDrive was Joe’s runner-up in his extensive review of the field for Wirecutter.įor optimum data security, we recommend a three-pronged backup strategy. Other Internet backup companies are offering switchover discounts too, such as IDrive’s $6.95 for 5 TB for the first year deal (that plan regularly costs $69.50). Code42 negotiated a 50%-off deal with Carbonite, but Joe doesn’t recommend it to Mac users.

(And if you want to sign up for Backblaze, please click through from a link in this article or a Backblaze banner so they see the value of sponsoring TidBITS. Backblaze charges $5 per month (or $50 for a year, or $95 for 2 years) per computer for an unlimited amount of data. Our current favorite is Backblaze, and we’re not just saying that because they’re also a TidBITS sponsor. October 22nd is now upon us, which means that if you’ve been putting off switching to another Internet backup service, you should get started on that. Joe Kissell, until that point one of CrashPlan’s most enthusiastic fans, explained the situation in “ CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups” (22 August 2017). Over a year ago, Code42 Software announced that it would be discontinuing its CrashPlan for Home service and software as of 22 October 2018. 1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs.#1648: iPhone passcode thefts, Center Cam improves webcam eye contact, APFS Uncertainty Principle.#1649: More LastPass breach details and 1Password switch, macOS screen saver problem, tvOS 16.3.3 fixes Siri Remote bug.#1650: Cloud storage changes for Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive quirky printing problem.#1651: Dealing with leading zeroes in spreadsheet data, removing ad tracking from ckbk.

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