How to backup your Mac
Whether it's a MacBook Pro that's always out on the road with you, or a Mac Studio that gets left in an office, your Mac holds critical data and you've got to back it up.Apple works very hard to make it so that you don't have to consciously think which of your computers you need to use. You can start writing a sentence on your iPhone and finish it off on your Mac Pro without thought.But that same way your data is available to you across all your devices is also a way that tricks you into thinking it's all safe. If your MacBook Pro is stolen, at least all the data is still on your office Mac, for instance.That's not entirely wrong, but it's still dangerous. If you delete something on, say, your MacBook Air, it will be deleted everywhere. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums


Apple works very hard to make it so that you don't have to consciously think which of your computers you need to use. You can start writing a sentence on your iPhone and finish it off on your Mac Pro without thought.
But that same way your data is available to you across all your devices is also a way that tricks you into thinking it's all safe. If your MacBook Pro is stolen, at least all the data is still on your office Mac, for instance.
That's not entirely wrong, but it's still dangerous. If you delete something on, say, your MacBook Air, it will be deleted everywhere.
Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums