This morning, the hard drive in my trusty 2007 iMac died. So, I went and picked up a nice cheap replacement (1 TB Hitachi, I think), and slapped it in thanks to the wonderful guys at iFixit. It booted ...

Sometimes when our computers have been in use for many years it can help to clean house and start fresh. Restoring from a Time Machine backup via Migration Assistant ...

I accidentally updated Tweetie 2 to Twitter. The fact that I paid for Tweetie, Tweetie 2 and now I'm strongly encouraged to switch to "Twitter" is frustrating, but beside the point. I especially like ...

Time Machine remains an outstanding solution for local backups on your Mac, but backups require an external drive, no cloud backups here. We all understand the importance of backing up a Mac, despite ...

Transferring data seamlessly from an old Mac or Windows PC to your new MacBook Air using Migration Assistant, Move to Mac, or Time Machine restore. Pixabay, josemdelaa Transferring data from an old ...

Losing something you spent time working on, or photos that you can't replace, is devastating. You might think this is a problem of the past because of cloud storage services like Apple's own iCloud, ...

Apple Inc. gets an “A” for effort on Time Machine but barely a passing grade in execution, an executive at a major disk drive maker said today after answering questions from users frustrated with the ...

One of the services packaged with OS X Server Leopard (there are so many) is Time Machine Server. If you’re running a network of Leopard notebooks and desktops, centralized Time Machine backups are ...