by Terry McAdams | Jan 11, 2024 | Backup, Mac, Time Machine, Tip
Since its inception, Time Machine has backed up on an hourly schedule. It then keeps hourly backups for the previous 24 hours, daily backups for the last month, and weekly backups back to the start of the backup. When free space on the backup drive gets low, Time...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 3, 2024 | Backup, Email, password manager, Security, Time Machine
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2024! For many of us here in Wichita Falls, starting a new year means reflecting on fresh habits we’d like to adopt. Although we support any resolutions you may have made to get enough sleep, eat better, exercise more, and reduce social...
by Terry McAdams | Aug 7, 2020 | Backup, How-To, Mac, Time Machine, troubleshooting
It’s inevitable—your Time Machine backup drive is going to fill up. Time Machine is smart about backing up only files that have changed, but after months or years of usage, the drive will run out of space. What happens then? Before we explain, some background. On its...
by Terry McAdams | Jul 15, 2020 | Backup, Mac, Time Machine, Tip
Did you know that the word for the irrational fear of Friday the 13th is paraskevidekatriaphobia? Neither did we, but what that supposedly unlucky day is good for—whenever it rolls around —is reminding us to test our backup systems. If something does go wrong, backups...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 16, 2020 | Backup, How-To, Mac, Time Machine
Need help with something? On occasion, we all need tech support. Speaking as the people who are sometimes on the other end of those requests for help, we have some suggestions on how to get the support you need as quickly as possible. For instance, think about what we...
