The BEST Backup Solution for Mac

What is the BEST way to backup your Mac? The best solution for you 5 years ago may not be the best method today! The BEST backup solution must be able to withstand any kind of disaster. Today, David is going to teach you how to use a combination of two methods to make sure all your most important data on your Mac is properly backed up.

This class was taught on a Mac running MacOS Mojave (in case it looks different)

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It goes without saying that it is important to back up your data, but with so many methods out there, which is right for you? If EVERY electronic you owned were destroyed... could you still get back your data?

The solution David recommends involves using a combination of iCloud (specifically iCloud Drive and the Photo Library feature) along with a Time Machine backup for safety (just in case anything ever happened to your data on the cloud).

How do you backup your Mac? Let us know in the comments section!

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[AngelaKerbel]

Thank you, dear David. I'm 75 years old from Venezuela and I can follow up your tutorials without any problem. You are a very good teacher

[richardrosenblum]

Being a senior, the apple youtube videos that you share with us are easy to understand. You speak slowly and clearly and make it enjoyable to learn new things. Keep up the great work. Regards, Richard R.

[albertzappa]

i have been using a time capsule to backup a iMac and a macbook pro, i have another time capsule and was wondering if i should use one for the desktop and the other one for the macbook or continue to use the one for both? also the desktop is a 2020 iMac i purchased this week.thanks.💚🍏

[tawkirrahaman]

Your tutorials are honestly THE best in youtube when it comes to mac computers. Please keep doing what you are doing and keep up the good work. You are very knowledgable and they way you teach makes understanding everything very simple and cohesive. Thank you once again as a fellow student, we all appreciate you.

[johnfranklin]

David, you know that good feeling you get when you walk in a apartment store and as soon as you walk in the door, whatever you were going there you find it immediately? Well, this is what this video was like for me. It was "exactly" what I was looking for. I think I will be reaching out to you for a private lesson on some other Thanks, and great videos.

[annaowens]

My apologies again considered when you posted this tutorial! As I mentioned previously, I'm desperately trying to retrieve a super important document so I'm just reaching out to everyone and any one who might be able to troubleshoot for this in Time Machine!

[jamesr.]

Time machine saved my butt when I first got my Mac years ago. I had been fiddling around creating multiple user accounts and forgot the Administrator I.D. I simply went back to before the screw up and was able to log in, and fix it . I use a triple system now...Icloud, time machine and an SSD that I update weekly.

[DJDURL]

As a dj, photographer and vlogger, I am always looking for the best ways to store data. This was helpful!

[Brockthedog]

Definitely agree and have used the small thumb drives for backup. I however have had great luck with keychain for years. Works straight out across my devices. And it’s free. The other apps are expensive and mostly subscriptions. Thanks for this important topic and your clear way of explaining it.

[hectorbmatos]

Thanks again David you are my favorite go to instructor to learn about my Mac Pro Big Sur I always learn so much from your lessons !!! By far the best instructor on Mac and many other subjects on You Tube !!!! Salutations !!!

[justsendit]

Hi David, great video!

Regarding Photos and the part about leaving the computer ON: I find this extremely important subsequent to major updating, i.e. most recently, OS Mojave and iOS. Since Apple doesn’t make it very clear there’s an image update going on in the background, you’ll need to open Photos and scroll way down to the bottom in order to bring up the image counter and view its progress. When the count has completed, compare it across all of your devices AND iCloud.... This used to drive me crazy, as subsequent to a major update, I tend to shoot a few test images to confirmation sync. Most recently, syncing my images between my three devices (iPhone, iPad Pro, and MacBook Pro) seemed impossible. Once I knew of the image count going on in the background, I became more aware of needing to leave the computer ON until the update is complete. However, I wish Apple would move the image counter in Photos so you don’t need to scroll it into view, or at least add a notification that Photos is updating so you know there’s something going on before shutting-down.

For my purposes, the Photos app is useful — consider me an average consumer and not a pro. However, I’ve used the app from early-on, when it was “iPhoto.” With several updates since then, I’ve noticed that Apple will make major revisions to the app without any kind of warning to its end-users, leaving you to figure things out on your own. ... Suddenly, without knowing it, you’ve become an Apple “Beta Tester.” 🍏

[caznden]

Most Helpful, Thank You, Happy New Year.

[banzobeans]

6:38 on keychain: I use another password manager for passwords in general. I do sync keychain to iCloud though mainly for one reason: wifi passwords are synced between phone, ipad and laptops... very convenient

[rile]

Loved this, helps a lot to use iCloud instead of fully relying on the time machine, great idea! Thank you

[karlsmith]

This was excellent and helped me a lot, so thanks very much. You might think about updating it though to reflect the latest Mac OS as there are now quite a few differences. I am currently running Ventura 13.1. Luckily, I was able to figure everything out because Macs are so wonderfully intuitive to use.

[donnaharper]

Brilliant. You’re the only person besides me who seems to know about Magic Window. I’ve been using it for years. I even had a stand for my iPhone on my desk so I could watch the changes. Love Magic Window.

[pinterestexpress]

Thanks for the vid-very helpful. I have a MacBook & use MS 365 office suit. Is it possible to put this on the icloud or is this pointless? Thanks

[desertratPS]

Dave, You are the best! I've spent hours with Apple support trying to get migrated from another Mac to a new Mac mini. They could not help me! But YOU did. Using iCloud was the best and by far the simplest way to do this. I'm a huge fan of yours as you've helped me learn bunch of stuff about the Mac. Thank you so much. And BTW, I noticed that it looks like your photos were taken at a Pride event, parade or something.

[muhammadal-kulaib]

David, I did not find the "Optimize Mac Storage" checkbox (video time 3:50) although I am running the most updated operating system, which macOS Catalina version 10.15.5.

[AncientAviator]

David...you truly do a SUPERB job in many your videos. I've owned Apple products for years and STILL learn a great deal when I watch your material. GOOD ON YOU sir! Many thanks!