backup
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You Can Finally Encrypt These iCloud Backups
Apple prides itself on being a privacy-first company, and when it comes to devices like iPhone and Mac, that’s true. But Apple’s iCloud backups were tangled in a mess of different encryption standards. Some things on iCloud, like your health data and passwords, are end-to-end encrypted. But a lot of stuff, like your notes, your…
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How to Back Up (and Restore) the Data on Your Apple Watch
A seamless backup and restore process is one of the key advantages of the Apple ecosystem, and that extends to the Apple Watch as well: If you’re switching from an older model to a new one, you can easily restore all of your watch faces and data. But the process of backing up your Apple…
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How to Manage Your Google Photos or Move Them Somewhere Else
Now that Google will soon start counting anything you’ve uploaded to Google Photos toward your storage limit — which tops out at 15GB for a free plan — it’s worth performing a personal audit. How much space am I using? How can I stretch my free plan as far as possible? And how can I…
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How To Make Sure Your Digital Memories Don’t Fade Away
With fire season upon us, not to mention all this recent time at home reminding us what matters most, the time has come to think about how you backup your data. Now we’ve been online and chained to computers for decades, that digital detritus has built up, and sometimes it’s just easier to hold on…
