We all have innumerable data stored on our Mac and you never know when you’ll be a victim of data loss. System crash, Malware, a theft or even an accidental deletion may result in permanent loss of data – which includes work presentations, your favorite music collection or precious photos etc.
To prevent data loss from untoward incidents, the simple yet wise and important thing to do is to back up your Mac. Listed down are three methods to backup;
Method #1: iTunes
Using iTunes to organize your music library is an easy way to keep your data backup ready. Clean sweep your Mac for any audio files into iTunes that aren’t there already. To do that; do this:
Open iTunes go to
Method #2: iCloud
Your another option to back up your data. This option is available in OS X v10.7.4 and versions. First, you have to turn on iCloud in your system to use it.
Apple provides 5 GB of free storage space on iCloud. If you wish to use only the 5 GB space, then choose the most important data to back up. By default, all boxes are checked to backup automatically. You can uncheck the boxes that you don’t want to backup in iCloud.
If you want more space to store your data, you can purchase the storage space depending on your need from options available. For this go to
Now, iCloud will automatically back up the data you have selected.
Method #3: External Hard Drive Using Time Machine
In the same box, you’ll also see ‘Encrypt backups’, you can check this box if you want to restore your Mac from Time Machine Backup in the future. This requires a password as well.
Time Machine will create a backup of your Mac automatically on an hourly basis, ‘daily backups for the past month’, ‘weekly backups for all previous months’. You can also change the backup preferences according to your needs. Furthermore, you can select specific data to be backed up by Time Machine in System Preferences.
And now you have your options to back up your Mac presented to you, it shouldn’t be hard to create a timely backup of your Mac. Be careful while transferring your data to memory cards or from the external storage drive to your mac, as there might be chances of data loss. In such cases, you can rely on trustworthy data recovery software, which recover cards on Mac OS.