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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, January 18, 2022.
Topics covered in this issue…
• Why Time Machine should be your Mac’s primary backup tool
• Q&A: Can I remove ‘web results’ from my Windows searches?
• Scam alert: Beware the fake PayPal Tech Support scam on Twitter
• Is bottled water really better than tap water? The answer might surprise you.
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Today’s Quick Tip….
Why Time Machine should be your Mac’s primary backup tool
If you have a Mac you might be tempted to depend on iCloud for your backup method/medium if the machine is set to sync everything with your iCloud storage.
However, I strongly recommend that you create Time Machine backups as well.
For sure, iCloud makes an awesome backup medium for your photos and other user-created files, but it isn’t a true backup service that you can depend on to get your Mac back up and running after a drive failure.
Like the System Image Backup tool in Windows, Time Machine backs up everything on your Mac, not just your photos and files.
If you have a recent Time Machine backup on hand you’ll be able to quickly restore your Mac back to the exact state it was in when the last backup was created. And that’s a real time (and work) saver.
If you depend only on iCloud for your backups you’ll first have to manually re-install macOS plus your apps and printers and then reconfigure all of the system settings you had in place before the drive went south.
When all of those tasks are complete you’ll finally be ready to copy the files stored in your iCloud storage back onto your Mac.
As you can see, restoring your Mac from a local Time Machine backup is so much faster and easier than the process detailed above.
Now I didn’t say all of the above in order to get you to ditch iCloud. Far from it.
iCloud is an amazing tool for automatically creating redundant backups of your irreplaceable photos and files, as well as making them easily accessible to your other devices.
I just recommend that you don’t fall into the trap of depending on iCloud to serve as your primary backup tool.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips…
• Q&A: Can I remove ‘web results’ from my Windows searches?
A reader wants to know how to omit ‘web results’ from the list of items returned when using the Windows Search tool. This post has the answer.
• Scam alert: Beware the fake PayPal Tech Support scam on Twitter
This post discusses a very dangerous PayPal scam that’s currently being perpetrated via Twitter.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
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Rick’s Daily Pick…
Tribesigns L-Shaped Computer Desk with File Cabinet (#ad)
Does it seem like you never have enough room on (and around) your desk for your computer and everything else you need to keep within easy reach?
This handy L-shaped desk with storage can help with that.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Is bottled water really better than tap water? The answer might surprise you.
Most people simply assume that bottled water is healthier than tap water. But is it really?
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Tonga tsunami: Communications ‘may be down for two weeks’
• Apple digital keys reportedly coming to some Hyundai cars this summer
• Safari exploit can leak browser histories and Google account info
• Walmart is getting serious about the metaverse
• Goodwill claims it was hit by data breach
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