Have a few Macs in the house that used to back up to a Time Capsule until it died. Infrequent USB drive Time Machine backups since, and my wife's Mac Mini is now so stuffed it can't backup to the ...

What is the current state of enterprise backup for OS X? I've got a few Xserves (alas, sure wish they were still making them) and two FC Promise RAID units. I'm currently handling backup manually in ...

Your old Mac may be too slow and creaky for rendering lush 3-D graphics or blasting through the latest shoot-’em-up, but before you put your middle-aged Mac out to pasture, consider using it as a ...

If your home, like mine, has more than a couple of Macs, backing up each one individually can be quite a chore. You can make your life easier—and keep your data safer—by setting up an old Mac or a Mac ...

In the past when I’ve covered my experience with Synology NAS products, it’s usually been from the perspective of using one of Synology’s more powerful offerings as a media server for Final Cut Pro X ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. March 31 is World Backup Day. Now, I know most people roll ...

Following up on yesterday's coverage, a number of readers report that the mac.com email server has returned to service. Yesterday Apple posted a note on its Discussion Board acknowledging the problem, ...

Though Mac OS X Server didn't garner attention during Steve Jobs' keynote address this morning, the Leopard update is going to be significant. A press release indicates that Leopard Server features a ...

Apple's built-in Time Machine backup solution for macOS appears to be causing problems for some Mac users running the latest versions of Monterey and Big Sur, based on a steady trickle of reports on ...