



Also, I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable clone of my hard drive too! In the computer business, we like to say, “you can never have too many backups.” Mix in some extra Time Machine drives (leave one at your Mom’s house, your beach house, or your office to add more security (plus, these count as an off-site backup, and don’t forget to encrypt it!). Off-Site backups – I Like Backblaze for this, which I use!.Redundant data – Again, Time Machine has you covered!.Automatic backups – Time Machine gives you that!.

Use the Golden Triangle of Data Protection to your advantage: And it’s a brilliant idea to have more than one and “encrypt” them with a password and store them in different places! We like Backblaze for that! Also, a Time Machine backup drive is a cheap and solid way to protect your data. iCloud is one way to protect some of your data, but it’s not a total and complete backup of your Mac. While highly reliable, accidents and sudden failures can and still do occur! This means that it’s not like the days of old where if there was a liquid spill, our techs could “remove” your hard drive and insert it into another Mac and rescue or recover your data. On 15” MacBook Pro units, the hard drive has been part of the logic board since 2017. New Macs are amazing, and for 2018 13” MacBook Pro and MacBook Air units, the hard drive is now part of the main logic board. Within a few hours, he was able to pick up the backup drive and migrate his data over to his new Mac later in the day. While he worked, we backed up his old Mac via Time Machine. He was anxious to get back to work, so we helped him purchase a new MacBook Pro M1 16”(same price as the Apple Store of course!) and he headed back to work. The customer broke the display on his MacBook Air. We helped a first-time customer who lives right here in Severna Park yesterday. As a Backblaze reseller, we earn a fee on qualifying purchases.
