With macOS Sierra out the big question is whether or not you should upgrade now. Kelly Guimont and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to look at who should install Sierra now and who should wait, how to check for compatibility issues, their data backup routines, and more.
TMO Daily Observations 2016-09-21: Upgrading to macOS Sierra
- Apple Ships macOS Sierra
- Carbon Copy Cloner
- Roaring Apps
- Prosoft Data Backup
- CrashPlan
- Backblaze
- DollyDrive
- Jeff’s Getting Started with Podcasting class at Boulder Digital Arts. Use discount code JGametPod16 for 15% off.
- TMO Daily Observations Twitter feed
In this very helpful discussion of pre-upgrading backing-up strategies, 3 device/systems were mentioned which did not receive links with the others above:
– Drobo (e.g.: 5N http://www.drobostore.com/products/drobo-5n )
–Synology Network Attached Storage (or NAS ) device/system ( https://www.synology.com/en-us/solution/mac )
– QNAP (https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/model.php?II=217&ref=product_overview), e.g.:
(TS-228 2-Bay Personal Cloud NAS https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Mobile-AirPlay-Support-TS-228-US/dp/B01CQNJTF0/ref=sr_1_1?srs=2530269011&ie=UTF8&qid=1474502236&sr=8-1&keywords=ts-228 ) &
(TS-431 4-Bay Dual Core Personal Cloud NAS https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=srs%3D2530269011%26search-alias%3Dspecialty-aps&field-keywords=ts-431)
(https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=srs%3D2530269011%26search-alias%3Dspecialty-aps&field-keywords=ts-431