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A simple way to see if you’re at risk of losing your stuff

By November 23, 2015General

Ever worry about losing your precious files or photos and you’re not sure about backup, or the “cloud”, or whether your info is safe or not? This 1-minute video is for you.

To check if you’re backing up:

  1. Click the little Time Machine menu in the top right that looks like this: Time Machine Menu
  2. See what it says for “Latest backup”
  3. If it says “Not configured” then it’s not happening; buy a little hard drive or contact us
  4. If it says a date that was a while ago, you’ll want to choose “Back Up Now”
  5. (If you usually back up to a little hard drive, go find it and plug it in. It should start backing up automatically)
  6. (If you back up to a Time Capsule over Wifi, then you’ll need to be on that Wifi network and leave your Mac on, plugged in to power, and open for a while to make sure it’s done)
  7. When you think the backup is done, or to check on the status as it’s happening, look in that Time Machine menu again and see what it says.

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