Regularly backup the data on your personal computer, phone or tablet to the cloud or to external hard drives. This will protect you from data loss from hardware failures, breakage, theft, or malware infection like ransomware.

Backing up and restoring your files offers peace of mind and makes it faster and easier to get up and running again.

Setting up automatic updates and restoring your files

• Choose a backup system that’s right for your business
• Test you’re able to restore your backup regularly
• Store a physical backup somewhere safe offsite

NOTE: Certain industries have obligations to keep records for specific periods of time. Make sure you are aware of your business’ data retention requirements.

Backing up your files to the cloud

Before you begin:

• Update your mobile device(s) to the latest iOS, and your Mac to the latest macOS
• Set up iCloud on all devices
• Make sure you’re signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all devices
• If your devices can’t update to the latest iOS or macOS, see the minimum system requirements to use iCloud Drive.

1.      Go to Apple menu > System Preferences

2.      Select Apple ID

3.      Select Options next to iCloud Drive

4.      Click Desktop and Documents to back up your Mac to the cloud. Select your Mac cloud storage plan and click Next. Then click Done

If this option is not available, and you want to add the files from your Mac Desktop and Documents folder to iCloud Drive, update your Mac to the latest macOS



Restore your files from the cloud

Restoring your Mac using iCloud is easy. You can access your backed up files anytime. Simply:

1. Go to Finder
2. Click on iCloud
3. Select the files you want to restore.