Update: SuperDuper developer Dave Nanian reports that Apple has fixed the issue in macOS 15.3. SuperDuper developer Shirt Pocket originally used its own code to create bootable backups of Mac volumes, ...

Apple is increasing its support for APFS on its computing platforms, bringing the ability to use Time Machine with an APFS-formatted disk to macOS Big Sur, while enabling the ability to view external ...

Time Machine, the built-in backup tool in macOS, provides a straightforward and reliable way to protect your valuable data. Whether you’re safeguarding critical work files, cherished family photos, or ...

Apple started shifting Macs from its old HFS+ filesystem to its more sophisticated APFS format with macOS 10.13 High Sierra. In that release, all SSD-based Macs were upgraded to APFS. Fusion Drives ...

Over the break, I upgraded my 2020 27-inch iMac to macOS 14 Sonoma, which I’ve been running on my M1 MacBook Air for months. The process was simple and easy, and everything continued to work with no ...

Get simple desktop widgets for monitoring Time Machine. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Backup Status is a simple app that puts a Time Machine widget on your Mac desktop (or stows it away in your ...

Since its introduction in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Apple’s Time Machine has become one of the Mac’s most essential features, providing transparent, fully automatic, full-machine backup to an external ...