In Mac OS X Leopard, Apple introduce a nifty automatic backup software called Time Machine. Time Machine is probably the easiest backup software available and has a sexy interface to find files and restore them. In the video below, you will see how Time Machine works and how the interface allows you to easily recover [...]

Backup software has to meet a few basic standards to be considered good: it has to be easy to use, it has to be quick, and it has to be painless. Backing up your computer is not sexy. It’s not exciting. It doesn’t make you want to drop everything and jump right on that. It [...]

For years, I wondered what was wrong with me? Why didn’t I feel it necessary to backup my computer on a regular basis? I wanted my data safe, but I didn’t take the time to implement a good backup strategy. I often searched for the holy grail of backups, but never found one. So why [...]