We set up many of our clients with a service called CrashPlan for offsite backup of their Mac computers. Having a backup offsite, in a different place from your computer, is important in case of a flood, fire, or theft at your home or office. And also in case the local backup fails. (You do have a ...
Why Did My Hard Drive Die?
Small Dog is a hardware and software seller that's been in the Mac space for many years, and has always had great prices and reliable service. Their blog, written by employees, covers a number of topics useful for home and small business Mac users, so I read it regularly. Last week's blog post by ...
SugarSync versus Dropbox
SugarSync and Dropbox both perform a similar function: they both sync files between two computers by having a location in the cloud where files are stored and updated. What's the difference between the two? Both of them have some similar features: Files stored in the cloud Automatic upload and ...
How to back up your iPhoto images
If you want to back up just your iPhoto images (your library) to an external source, such as a hard drive or CD/DVD, you need to know where to find them. Here's what to do. 1. In the Dock, click on the Finder (the blue face). 2. A Finder window pops up. In the window, on the left-hand side under ...
Is your Time Machine really backing up your Mac?
We've seen more than a few horror stories of people whose computer drives failed, and then they found out their Time Machine backups hadn't been backing up in months! Time Machine is not infallible, it doesn't work correctly 100% of the time. To prevent this from happening to you, check your ...
Organizing and Syncing Files on your Mac Computers with SugarSync
What's the easiest way to set up your Mac for SugarSync? SugarSync synchronizes files across multiple computers. So if you have a computer at work, but you want to do some work on files at home, you can sync your files from your office to your home computer. (SugarSync works for the PC and the ...