
The main benefit of Time Machine is that it can restore different versions of files by time of snapshot. Time Machine does incremental backups eg hourly, but will not be bootable and may take hours to restore using OS X Recovery (see below) or OS X installer DVD/external bootable drive. Local Backup - Use OS X’s Time Machine and/or make regular incremental bootable backups to an external drive using SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner.

Look at dotfiles - 'Backup, restore, and sync the prefs and settings for your toolbox'. MacDropAny - sync folders outside of your main sync folder (eg Dropbox folder) by creating shortcuts. Apps can lack features due to Apple's security restrictions.Ĭloud Backup - Use at least 1: iCloud, Tresorit (encrypted), CrashPlan, Backblaze, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive.
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Install BatteryHealth or coconutBattery to see your battery's stats.īenefits: Update notifications for apps show on icon in Dock, you can reinstall apps using same App Store account on another OS X install, and only App Store apps are eligible to use iCloud (until OS X Yosemite).ĭisadvantages: No promotional pricing, so new versions cost full price again.
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Tipsīattery Life - Optimise your battery's life with Practical Tips For Taking Care of Your Mac's Battery and How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries. Learn OS X’s directory layout and commands. Switching from *nix? - Install Homebrew, ‘brew install’ GNU command line tools and Homebrew Casks.
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