
You will be able to access old documents and versions of documents that predate edits.You should back up your Mac before installing a major update to macOS in case something stops working and so you can revert to the old version of the OS.Mac malware is rare, but if you get hit a back up will enable you to recover your data from before the infection.Because you could lose your Mac or someone might steal your Mac.Because your drive could fail and it can be particularly challenging to recover data from SSDs.Because you (or someone else) might spill a drink on your Mac.We’re probably preaching to the converted here, but we’ll quickly run through the reasons why you really ought to be backing up your Mac, in no particular order: Ten reasons why you should back up your Mac Ways to recover your data from your damaged drive.īest backup software. And those other colors are, well, insignificant contributions, lol.If you have just lost everything on your Mac due to a damaged drive then have a look at this article for some ideas on Absolutely! Maybe the labels in Swedish are more or less self-explanatory but the huge purple chunk "Säkerhetskopia" are backups. Perhaps my Macbook but a) no usage that I know of and b) the amount of free space drops when I disable iCloud backups on my iPhone.ĥ. Most apps are sub 100 MB or even sub 1 MB.Ĥ. I did this the other day and useage dropped back down to single digit gigabytes (I think <5 GB still).ģ. While investingating for this thread I've disabled iCloud backups twice, which deletes all backup data and frees the used space. Backup usage shot from less than 5 GB up to the current 41 GB. After buying my 12 mini I transferred some tens of gigabytes of content to my phone (not iCloud drive but "on this iPhone). My old 5 GB iCloud plan was and still is fine but I preemptively upgraded to 50 GB when I enabled iCloud backups on my old iPhone 7. My camera roll is however backed up to iCloud.Ģ.
