11 ways to secure your documents, data, and passwords
From backing up to banishing paper, ingrain these habits into your daily Mac and mobile device routines
iMazing powers up your Apple device backups, enabling you to quickly extract (and add) apps and files.
1 TURN ON iCLOUD
If you’re not using iCloud, turn it on in System Preferences > Apple ID. Ideally, activate everything, including iCloud Drive, Photos, Email, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Safari, and Keychain. This gets vital content into the cloud, making it accessible on any Apple device you’re signed into with your Apple ID. Although it’s not a backup, it provides a measure of protection, in that if you lose a device, you can sign into your account on another.
2 USE TIME MACHINE
Apple makes it easy to backup your Mac — plug in an external drive and you’ll be asked if you want to use Time Machine. Mobile hard drives will do — an external 1TB one costs under $50; or you can opt for speed with an SSD, which will set you back around $130 and up. If your drive is in the wrong format, you’ll be prompted to erase and reformat it to APFS format. In the event of disaster, you can recover documents backed up using Time Machine to a new Mac.