How to Use Time Machine to Backup Any Mac Time Machine is an app that comes with every Mac. It’s designed to help you back up everything on your Mac. It literally mirrors your Mac’s internal ...

Time Machine is for local backups, iCloud is a cloud storage and syncing service. You can't point your Time Machine backup at iCloud Drive, but you can use Apple's iCloud Photo Library to back up ...

Each backup method caters to different needs: Time Machine for simplicity, Active Backup for advanced features, and Synology Drive for flexibility and remote access.

Discover how Synology NAS simplifies iOS and macOS file management, backups, and photo organization for Apple users. Secure, efficient, easy ...

Automated Time Machine backups should be a “set it and forget it” strategy. Once enabled, macOS warns you only when something goes wrong. No alerts, and–almost always–the backups have ...

My backup strategy with my main Mac has been to use a networked Time Machine backup and also a Time Machine backup to an external HDD that I connect perhaps a couple of times per month. So far ...

If you’re not using Time Machine, here are all the details on how to get started with the built-in backup system for macOS. And check our picks for the best hard drive for your Mac.