Tag: backup
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HexOS: a home server you can understand
A practical HexOS review for home storage: setup, TrueNAS, local management, apps, backup, public beta features and a licence price in euros.
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HexOS: does a friendlier TrueNAS make the right decisions for you?
A practical review of HexOS on two home servers, focused on installation time, default choices, memory overhead compared with plain TrueNAS, behaviour of mixed-capacity pools during scrub and resilver, cloud dependence and Buddy Backups.
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How to Rip and Future-Proof Your CD and Vinyl Collection on a Mac
A practical Mac guide to ripping CDs and vinyl into lossless files: ALAC versus FLAC versus MP3, clean metadata, the Music app versus XLD, and an archival workflow that lasts.
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How to Back Up a Mac the Right Way: Time Machine, Clones, and the 3-2-1 Rule
How to back up a Mac properly - Time Machine for daily recovery, a clone for downtime, an offsite copy for disasters, and what the 3-2-1 backup rule means.
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How to Use iCloud Properly Across Every Apple Device Without Paying for 2TB
Understand what every iCloud toggle does, how Optimize Storage works, and what to keep in the cloud versus on a drive — so you avoid the 2TB upsell for good.
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The Backup Strategy for People With 500GB of AI Models
Storage and backup strategy for local AI model hoarders: deduplicating Ollama, LM Studio, and Hugging Face caches, Time Machine exclusions for model blobs, external SSD symlinking, and what actually deserves a backup.
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Reliable Backup Strategies for Developers
Master reliable backup strategies designed for developers. Learn the 3-2-1 rule, automation techniques, testing practices, and the subtle skills that.
