If you have a file or two you wish to remove from your Time Machine backups, you can do so right in the Time Machine interface. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

For the first time in a long time I have a machine that can only be serviced by sending in for repair. I'm going to take a backup image of the HD in case they wipe it themselves, but I'm more ...

Knowing how to restore Mac files from a Time Machine backup is very important, offering a solution when a file is missing or a document has been changed in an unexpected way. Recovering files with ...

Virtual machine storage is a demanding business. Where once one app server equalled one physical server and the demands on storage were known and predictable, with virtual machines, storage I/O has ...

Although any backup is better than no backup at all, Time Machine may not protect your data to the extent or in the way that you need. A few significant weaknesses offset its impressive strengths.

When you run a Virtual Machine, you often need to transfer files between your host computer and the VM. However, many users report that they are unable to do this. This article guides you through the ...

Most of you must be aware that whenever a new file or folder is created, Windows will assign a set of default permissions to it. These are called Effective Permissions. The user who creates the file ...

One of the key reasons to have a continuously running backup, whether to local storage or a cloud-backed provider, is to restore files you accidentally delete. Macworld reader Helena is trying to ...

Recently I was setting up some Hyper-V virtual machines for a project that I am working on. For this particular project I needed a few virtual machines running Windows 7 and an older version of Office ...

If you need to restore hidden files using Time Machine you may run into some problems revealing them. Here are some methods for addressing this in OS X. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid ...