Mark Fuccio has a long history with snapshot technology, long before it came to the Mac. He details that history and gives us some insights into how they came to be, what they are, and why you should care. If you are confused, Mark provides a simple analogy that helps...
MacVoices' visit with Adam Engst and the Virginia Macintosh Users’ Group wraps up with discussions of Apple and Tesla, CarPlay, set-top boxes and Apple TV, Adam’s upcoming iMac upgrade project, the benefits of SSDs, the future of iCloud, AirPods vs. AirPods Pro, Time...
Our conversation with Jeff Carlson, the author of Take Control of Your Digital Storage, continues with a focus on whether or not you should consider a fusion drive, the benefits and drawbacks of those big, cheap hard drive, the rainbow color designations of various...
Jeff Carlson continues his discussion of the snapshot feature in macOS, explaining why disk Utility takes longer because of snapshots and why it is worth it, how to delete snapshots and why you shouldn’t, and more information to help you understand and use snapshots...
Jeff Carlson draws on information from his Take Control of Your Digital Storage to help us understand macOS snapshots. A function of recent version of macOS, snapshots facilitate backups and data recovery in a way that is similar to, but different from, Time Machine....
In this Briefing, host Chuck Joiner discusses an issue with runaway purgeable space on his MacBook Pro, the conflicting information being obtained through disk utilities, and the happy ending provided by an unlikely hero, DaisyDisk. This edition of MacVoices is...
The web has been buzzing about the news that CrashPlan is bowing out of the consumer market with their online backup service, opting to focus on the enterprise market. Should online backup services still be part of our backup strategies? Should there be different...
Joe Kissell has published his first book from his new Joe On Tech presence, and it updates a familiar, favorite and critical topic. Backing Up Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide takes the content of Joe's previous backup books and updates and expands it for today's Mac...
At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jerry Krinock explains how FileGoBack helps you find what you're looking for faster and easier in Time Machine, and how BookMacster will help you keep keep track of and sync your browser bookmarks across multiple Macs and even with your PC....
From Macworld 2011, Anthony Palermo of Dolly Drive introduces us to their cloud backup service that is unique because it uses Apple's Time Machine interface. With more and more users becoming familiar with Time Machine functionality, Dolly Drive can be a logical...
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