Automator workflow of the month: Automate app backups

On January 2, 2012, in Industry News, by Christopher Breen

There’s nothing more irksome than losing an iOS app that works perfectly for you because a less-than-perfect update has replaced it. Here’s how to protect yourself from such mishaps with Automator.

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How to Safeguard Your Mac’s Crucial Files

On November 21, 2011, in Industry News, by Adam Berenstain

Macs have documents they can’t live without, just like youBacking up your entire drive is smart, but you can also pick which folders to copy. Just don’t forget these folders. They’ll be lifesavers when it’s time to migrate to a new installation…

A Crash Course on Time Machine

On September 26, 2011, in Industry News, by Cory Bohon

Can you please explain Time Machine in more detail? Do I need to purchase an Airport Extreme to make it work?Time Machine is Apple’s easy-to-use backup solution that has been included with all Macs since Leopard (OS 10.5). Time Machine backs up to an…

Apple Resetting Developer iCloud Backups on September 22, iOS 5 GM Incoming?

On September 19, 2011, in Industry News, by J.R. Bookwalter

Developers have spent all summer putting the forthcoming iOS 5 through its paces, which includes beta testing Apple’s new iCloud service, which can backup and restore data from an iOS device (among other things) — which will get its first big test t…

How to Use FileVault and Time Machine

On September 8, 2011, in Industry News, by Cory Bohon

I’ve never enabled FileVault because I’ve heard that it made backing up with Time Machine difficult. Is there a way to make FileVault and Time Machine play nice with each other? It’s true that FileVault and Time Machine have historically not play…

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