499: Backups and Updates

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.

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