Keep your data secure by encrypting your backupsEncrypting your drives means more security, so it's harder to crack and get the data. Here's a few ways you can do that.
Encrypting backups is a controversial subject. For some people, it's the only way to make sure their data is secure, so that no one else can get to it. For others, it defeats the very purpose of backup, allowing any error or defect to render the data unrecoverable.
If saving your photos is more important to you than securing your financial data, then skip encryption. If you have more valuable information on your desk than on your backups, skip encryption. If you worry that someone else will get access to your backups and your data, then, by all means, encrypt away. Here's how.
Fail safe vs. fail secure: Backing up in the age of encryption
How to encrypt a Time Machine backup
Time Machine is Apple's built-in, set-it-and-mostly-forget-it backup system for the Mac. Turn it on, and it'll make a backup of your Mac and then keep it incrementally up to date over th...
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Keep your data secure by encrypting your backups
