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Month: October 2016

Configure Time Machine To Use a New Hard Drive

Posted on October 30, 2016March 9, 2017 by Tim Hannon in Backup, Time Machine

Do you need to reconfigure Time Machine to use a new external hard drive? If you read my Tech Tips regularly then you’ll recall that I strongly recommend that everybody setup automatic and redundant systems to backup his or her Mac. If you use Time Machine to backup your Mac to an external hard drive then … Read more

Deleting Incomplete Time Machine Backups

Posted on October 23, 2016January 31, 2018 by Tim Hannon in Backup, Time Machine

Does Time Machine continually display a status message of Preparing Backup and, thus, it fails to ever complete its current backup of your Mac? If so, you might need to delete the InProgress backup file. These InProgress backup files are created as part of Time Machine performing a backup. However, if the backup fails or gets … Read more

Disable Your Mac’s Automatic Installation Of Mac OS Updates

Posted on October 16, 2016October 15, 2016 by Tim Hannon in Mac OS X, Software

Please make sure that your Mac is not configured to automatically install operating system (OS) updates. Since Apple recently released a major update to the Mac operating system, now is a good time to make sure your Mac doesn’t automatically install this update. The reason why I advocate this position is that major updates often introduce … Read more

How To Reveal Missing Mail Folders

Posted on October 9, 2016March 9, 2017 by Tim Hannon in Email, Mac OS X, Software

Are you missing your email folders in Apple Mail? Did these folders disappear after you upgraded your Mac’s operating system or after you migrated your data to a new Mac?  If so, there’s likely an easy fix. Apple added a Show/Hide button to Apple Mail. I believe they added it to Mail starting with OS X … Read more

Everybody Should Have Off-Site Backups

Posted on October 2, 2016March 9, 2017 by Tim Hannon in Computer Basics

Everybody should have an off-site backup of their data. Off-site backups are good protection against fire, floods, burglaries, earthquakes and similar events. These are rare events, but over the past 20 years, I’ve seen all of these events occur and affect client data. As you design your backup system keep in mind the primary 3-2-1 rule. … Read more

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