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Aug, 2020

Your Time Machine Drive Just Filled Up. What Should You Do?

Small Dog Electronics wrote in Articles, How-To with 0 comment .

It’s inevitable—your Time Machine backup drive is going to fill up. Time Machine is smart about backing up only files that have changed, but after months or years of usage, the drive will run out of space. What happens then? Before we explain, some background. On its first backup, Time Machine copies everything on your […]

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01
Jun, 2020

How to Ask for Tech Support So You Get Good Answers Quickly

Small Dog Electronics wrote in Articles, How-To, Tech Support with 0 comment .

Need help with something? On occasion, we all need tech support. Speaking as the people who are sometimes on the other end of those requests for help, we have some suggestions on how to get the support you need as quickly as possible. For instance, think about what we have to do if we receive […]

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01
Jun, 2020

How to Back Up an iPhone or iPad with Your Mac Running Catalina

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One of the most significant changes in macOS 10.15 Catalina was the breakup of the long-standing iTunes app into separate Music, Podcasts, and TV apps. But what about backing up iOS devices, which you also used to do in iTunes? In Catalina, Apple moved this function into the Finder. So if you’ve upgraded to Catalina […]

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02
Mar, 2020

What to Do If You Run Low on iCloud Storage Space

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By default, Apple gives every iCloud user 5 GB of storage space. That disappears quickly, given how it’s shared between iCloud Mail, iCloud Drive, iCloud Photos, Messages, and iCloud-enabled apps. Apple will, of course, sell you more iCloud space. $0.99 per month gets you 50 GB, $2.99 per month provides 200 GB, and for $9.99 […]

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02
Dec, 2019

Make Sure to Test Your Backup System with Occasional Restores

Small Dog Electronics wrote in Articles with 0 comment .

Did you know that the word for the irrational fear of Friday the 13th is paraskevidekatriaphobia? Neither did we, but what that supposedly unlucky day is good for—whenever it rolls around—is reminding us to test our backup systems. If something does go wrong, backups can save your bacon, but only if they’re actually working. So […]

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03
Sep, 2019

Make a Backup before Upgrading to Catalina or iOS 13!

Small Dog Electronics wrote in Articles with 0 comment .

Confession time. If there’s one topic we can’t stop talking about, it’s backups. Backups are essential, since no one can guarantee that your Mac or iPhone won’t be lost or stolen, be caught in a flood from a broken pipe, or just fail silently. It happens. You should have a good backup strategy that ensures […]

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