The Importance of Data Backup and Testing

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