Back in the day, you were taught to back up your data to protect against hardware failure or human error. Today we face new threats like climate change, war or someone hacking your Apple ID, taking all your data hostage and selling it to you for ransom! That's why we need to have an UP-TO-DATE conversation about how to back up your data. Think of iCloud as your parachute. He'll protect you…probably. But if not, that's why we have an emergency parachute (just in case the 🪭)

NOTE: You will need an external hard drive for this solution.

Do you think your old backup drive is holding up?
Go to the App Store and download BLACK MAGIC DISK SPEED TEST
USA LINK: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blackmagic-disk-speed-test/id425264550?mt12

If your drive shows a READ/WRITE speed LESS THAN 200 MB/s, it's time to buy a new one.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Brief introduction
00:55 My backup solution (presentation)
02:03 Using the Black Magic Disk Speed Test to test an external drive
02:36 How much storage do I need?
03:13 My favorite backup drives
03:39 Format and partition your external drive
04:45 Configuring Time Machine
05:32 How to use Time Machine (and its flaws)
07:12 Protecting your photo library
09:32 Protect your documents
10:00 Back up your contacts
10:23 Backup music
10:48 Save your passwords
11:22 Back up calendar data
12:34 Legacy Contact

WATCH:
How to configure an old contact:
https://youtu.be/xHJx7fZ3Gjs

What's in this video?
1️⃣ A Complete Three-Part Backup Strategy for Your Mac
2️⃣ Essential Tips for Selecting the Right External Hard Drive for Backups
3️⃣ Real-time examples showing the strengths and weaknesses of Time Machine
4️⃣ Special information on how to backup your most valuable data including photos, emails and contacts
5️⃣ An overview of establishing “legacy contact” for your iCloud data
6️⃣ Step-by-step instructions to properly format your external hard drive

Key takeaways
A modern backup strategy includes cloud solutions like iCloud, offline backup, and old contact. Check the performance of your existing external hard drive using the Blackmagic Disk Speedtest. Time Machine is great but has its limitations, especially with specific data types like emails and photos. You should have an external clone of your library that stores the originals.

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