by MacEdge | Feb 21, 2025 | Apple Tips, Blog, Data Backup, Mac
Time Machine Backups By Sophie Spaan; Edited by Anthony Fiandaca Backing up, Restoring, and Protecting Your Files Time Machine is a backup utility built into macOS 10.5 Leopard and later. This utility provides a simple interface for creating, accessing, restoring, and...
by MacEdge | Jan 10, 2024 | Apple Tips, Blog, Mac
Time Machine Frequencies Since its inception, Time Machine frequency was on an hourly schedule. Time Machine keeps hourly backups for previous 24 hours, daily backups for a month, and weekly backups from the beginning. Time Machine deletes older backups to make room...
by MacEdge | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Mac
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...
