May 16

 A while back, I wrote some articles (here, here, and here) on how to back up your Mac in case of disaster.  As our Macs collect more and more important stuff (like photos, music, movies, e-mail, contacts, and the list goes on and on), keeping all this safe in case of catastrophe becomes even more important.  Fortunately for us, Apple has made this drop dead simple in the new OS X 10.5.

In this article, we’ll talk a bit about just how this new backup system (dubbed “Time Machine”) works and some of the implications.

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