{"id":47678,"date":"2019-03-31T12:55:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=47678"},"modified":"2019-05-10T10:31:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T15:31:04","slug":"happy-world-backup-day-are-all-your-devices-making-regular-backups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/47678-happy-world-backup-day-are-all-your-devices-making-regular-backups\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy World Backup Day! Are All Your Devices Making Regular Backups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/backup-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47682\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/backup-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/backup-icon.png 200w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/backup-icon-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/backup-icon-190x190.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>World Backup Day<\/strong> is here again!<\/p>\n<p>Held the day before April Fool&#8217;s Day, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbackupday.com\/en\/\">World Backup Day<\/a> is a worldwide effort to remind computer users of the importance of making regular backups. Today and throughout the month of April, the Rocket Yard features a number of articles about backup strategies, methods, devices and services. Today&#8217;s post is our annual reminder of how easy it is to set up backups for any Apple macOS or iOS device you may own, and why backups are such a critical part of using computers, smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s a Backup, and Why Do I Need To Do One?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re really new to computers and mobile devices, the term &#8220;backup&#8221; might be foreign to you. Basically, it means having a copy of the files and data associated with apps on each device so that if the device is destroyed, lost, or becomes unusable for any purpose, you can restore the information and get right back to work.<\/p>\n<p>Although hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and flash storage are much more reliable than they were in the past, they use&nbsp;electronic (or in the case of HDDs, electro-mechanical) components that can fail, taking your data with them. At The Rocket Yard, we have a saying we love to use on World Backup Day &#8212; &#8220;There are two types of people &#8211; those who have experienced a storage failure&nbsp;and those who will.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Backups cannot keep your storage from failing, but it can insure that you won&#8217;t lose any data when it happens. Fortunately for owners of Macs, iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch, Apple has made the backup process&nbsp;incredibly simple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s The Easiest Way of Backing Up a Mac?<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo words: <strong>Time Machine<\/strong>. It is part of macOS, and it makes performing a continuous backup as simple as purchasing an inexpensive external drive like the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/owc-mercury-elite-pro-mini\">OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and connecting it to your Mac using a USB cable. Once the two devices are connected, macOS asks if you wish to use the drive for Time Machine backups. Answer in the affirmative, and Time Machine begins to do a full backup of your Mac.<\/p>\n<p>This full backup can take a few days to complete. Once the full backup is done, Time Machine continues to back up changed or new files every hour during normal use.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47679\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47679\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM.jpg\" alt=\"(Time Machine displays a history of files in a folder going back in time)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-213x120-1.jpg 213w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-284x160-1.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-190x107-1.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-548x308-1.jpg 548w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-364x204-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-230x129-1.jpg 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-100x56-1.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-213x120-1@2x.jpg 426w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-284x160-1@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-1.53.24-PM-190x107-1@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time Machine displays a history of files in a folder going back in time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Should you ever lose or accidentally delete a file, simply launch&nbsp;Time Machine from the Applications folder with the Finder or an app open, and Time Machine displays a history of backups (see screenshot above). Scroll back in time to a point before the file was deleted or corrupted, click Restore, and your file reappears.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How About Backing Up an iPhone or iPad?<\/strong><br \/>\nApple is all about making complex things easy, and iOS has had a built-in backup capability for many years. Rather than requiring users to connect an iPhone or iPad to some stationary device for backups, all an iOS backup requires is a Wi-Fi connection and power.<\/p>\n<p>iCloud Backup is enabled on all iOS devices by default. When you plug your iPhone or iPad in at night to recharge it, and that device has a connection to a Wi-Fi network, it automatically backs up data and settings from the operating system and all apps to iCloud. Later this month, we&#8217;ll describe how you can fine-tune your iCloud backups, but for now we&#8217;ll just show you how you can make sure your iOS device is being backed up.<\/p>\n<p>Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad, then tap the top button on Settings &#8212; it&#8217;s called &#8220;Apple ID&#8221;,&nbsp;usually has your name on it, and also lists all Apple services you use that require an Apple ID to log into (see screenshot below).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47680\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_B98FAD25D842-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47680\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_B98FAD25D842-1.jpeg\" alt=\"(A typical Apple ID button in the Settings App)\" width=\"360\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_B98FAD25D842-1.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_B98FAD25D842-1-284x103.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_B98FAD25D842-1-190x69.jpeg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical Apple ID button in the Settings App.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once you have tapped the Apple ID button, the next screen shows personal information, the Apple services you&#8217;re logged into, and all of your Apple devices. What you&#8217;re interested in is the button marked iCloud. Tap it, and a screen appears that displays your usage of available storage on iCloud, as well as a list of apps that use iCloud to store and share data. Scroll through this list (it can be rather lengthy!) and at the bottom you&#8217;ll find a button&nbsp;marked iCloud Backup (see screenshot below).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47681\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7CE9CD06CC6C-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47681\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7CE9CD06CC6C-1.jpeg\" alt=\"(The iCloud Backup button is at the bottom of a list of Apple apps that use iCloud for storage)\" width=\"360\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7CE9CD06CC6C-1.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7CE9CD06CC6C-1-189x120.jpeg 189w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7CE9CD06CC6C-1-284x180.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7CE9CD06CC6C-1-190x120.jpeg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The iCloud Backup button is at the bottom of a list of Apple apps that use iCloud for storage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tap the iCloud Backup button, and you should see a screen that looks something like the screenshot below. If the button is green, iCloud Backup is enabled and your iPhone or iPad is being backed up whenever it is connected to power, locked, and on Wi-Fi. A white button indicates that iCloud Backup is turned off, in which case a tap on the button enable iCloud Backup.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47673\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47673\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1.jpeg\" alt=\"(The iOS iCloud Backup settings)\" width=\"480\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1-155x120.jpeg 155w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1-284x220.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1-190x147.jpeg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1-155x120@2x.jpeg 310w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_BD5D0B73AE72-1-190x147@2x.jpeg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The iOS iCloud Backup settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This screen also displays a &#8220;Back Up Now&#8221; button, which is useful for forcing backups to iCloud. I personally tap that Back Up Now button before every iOS update or upgrade, just to make sure that I have a very recent backup of my data in case something fails. At the bottom of the display is the time and date of the last successful back up of the iOS device, so you can keep track of when your iPhone or iPad has actually backed up.<\/p>\n<p>If iCloud Backup doesn&#8217;t complete a successful backup for a few days, it displays a notification to let you know that you should check on what&#8217;s keeping your device from backing up. Just remember that the device needs to be connected to power and a Wi-Fi network, and that it needs to be locked (asleep). If those criteria are met and it&#8217;s still not backing up, chances are good that you have run out of available space in iCloud and need to get more space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay Tuned For More Backup Month Articles<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Rocket Yard will have more articles concerning backups during the month of April, so be sure to come back often to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Backup Day is here again! Held the day before April Fool&#8217;s Day, World Backup Day is a worldwide effort to remind computer users of the importance of making regular backups. Today and throughout the month of April, the Rocket Yard features a number of articles about backup strategies, methods, devices and services. 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