“All Mac users should have a backup routine. It’s as plain and simple as that,” Chris Brennan reports for TechRadar UK. “However, many people don’t; they are complacent and trust their hardware. Those people also run the risk of losing everything – music, movies, photos, and documents. Everything.”
“Time Machine is built into the Mac and in typical Apple fashion, it looks great and just works. It is, it seems, the perfect backup tool for your Mac. However, our advice is to use Time Machine in addition to another backup tool,” Brennan reports. “A belt-and-braces approach will reduce your risks of data loss to an absolute minimum. There’s nothing wrong with Time Machine, of course, and its incremental backups can be invaluable, but it’s not the final word.”
The apps we tested:
• Carbon Copy Cloner – FREE
• Chronosync – $40 (£24)
• Get Backup Pro – $19.95 (£12)
• Intego Backup Express – £6.99
• SuperDuper! – £18
• Twin – €39 (£34)
Read more in the full article here.
