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How to Back Up Your iPhone to iCloud, MacOS, or Windows (2025)

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-09-24 18:30:00

Your iPhone is so much more than just a screen for texting. Smartphones are how we get work done, stay on top of the crazy news cycle, rock out, keep in touch with friends and family, and capture life’s most important moments. Carrying all of that information in our pockets is incredibly powerful, and it makes getting through our days a little easier. It also means that your most important data can get lost when you forget your phone on the train or have an unfortunate spat with the sidewalk. I

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Longhorn – A Kubernetes-Native Filesystem

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Post-Author Box-Sizing Border-Box Display Flex Flex-Wrap Wrap .Wp-Block-Post-Author__Byline Font-Size Margin-Bottom Margin-Top Width 2025-10-03 06:49:29

Longhorn – a Kubernetes-native filesystem The other day, I took a look at Longhorn again. I briefly looked at it earlier, as a way to get volumes that are writeable from more than one node. I tossed it away then, because I mistook it for nothing more than a glorified NFS server. I was quite wrong. At the time of writing, I already know I’m going to make fundamental changes, I will not run with a 2-node cluster permanently, because the latency I have isn’t necessarily a good idea. However, long

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How to undo OneDrive Backup and restore your personal files to your Windows 11 PC

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-10-11 04:30:17

Suchitra Sangsuwan/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's Key Takeaways Microsoft is automatically turning on OneDrive Backup in new Windows 11 installations. Your files aren't stolen -- they've just been moved to a new folder and synced to the cloud. This article includes step-by-step instructions to turn off OneDrive Backup and reset your local folders. Microsoft is getting more aggressive about tying its flagship productivity products to t

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Signal lets you back up your chats for free now - plus its first-ever paid feature

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-11 06:36:06

Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's takeaways Privacy-centric messaging app Signal has a message backup option. The free tier stores up to 45 days of messages. You can pay $1.99 a month if you want to store more than 45 days. Signal is offering its first-ever backup option. In a post Monday, the security-focused messaging app company announced a new feature that lets you back up your messages for free. In the past,

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Immich – High performance self-hosted photo and video management

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-11 05:58:38

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution Català Español Français Italiano 日本語 한국어 Deutsch Nederlands Türkçe 中文 Українська Русский Português Brasileiro Svenska العربية Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย Disclaimer ⚠️ The project is under very active development. The project is under development. ⚠️ Expect bugs and breaking changes. Expect bugs and breaking changes. ⚠️ Do not use the app as the only way to store your photos and videos. ⚠️ Always follow 3-2-1 backup plan for y

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Signal adds secure cloud backups to save and restore chats

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-11 22:17:25

Signal has introduced a new opt-in feature that helps users create end-to-end encrypted backups of their chats, allowing them to restore messages even if their phones are damaged or lost. Secure backups are already available in the latest Signal beta version for Android users and will also be rolled out to iOS and desktop devices after this testing phase. "If you do decide to opt in to secure backups, you'll be able to securely back up all of your text messages and the last 45 days' worth of m

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Signal’s first paid feature adds encrypted media and message backups

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-12 02:59:40

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Signal is launching its first paid feature: the ability to make secure, end-to-end encrypted backups of your media history older than 45 days and of your text message history for $1.99 per month. “Media requires a lot of storage, and storing and transferring large amounts of data is e

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Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-12 06:44:27

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it’s introducing a feature that allows users to back up their text conversations for free, along with the last 45 days of media. It’s also debuting its first paid feature by offering full media backups with up to 100GB of storage. Historically, the messaging app didn’t let users store any kind of backup of your conversations on the platform. This could be especially troublesome if you lost or broke your phone. While you could transfe

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Signal Secure Backups

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 10:43:39

In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet messages, important documents, or anything else you don’t want to lose forever. This explains why the most common feature request has been backups; a way for people to get Signal messages back even if their phone is lost or damaged. After careful design and development, we are now starting to roll

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Immich – High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 16:58:38

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution Català Español Français Italiano 日本語 한국어 Deutsch Nederlands Türkçe 中文 Українська Русский Português Brasileiro Svenska العربية Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย Disclaimer ⚠️ The project is under very active development. The project is under development. ⚠️ Expect bugs and breaking changes. Expect bugs and breaking changes. ⚠️ Do not use the app as the only way to store your photos and videos. ⚠️ Always follow 3-2-1 backup plan for y

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Amazon launches cellular dongle to provide backup connectivity for eero routers

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-17 10:30:28

Amazon has introduced a new eero product at IFA 2025, which can provide you with connectivity in case your home internet goes out. The new product called eero Signal connects to any USB-C-powered eero device on a network that supports Wi-Fi 6 and up. It's meant to be a cellular backup, available two versions: A 4G LTE one that will cost you $100 and a 5G one that will set you back $200. Signal can detect outages and automatically connect you to a cellular network with its multi-carrier eSIM that

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Eero Wants to Sell Customers a Cellular Internet Backup Dongle for Its Routers

gizmodo.com Wes Davis 2025-10-18 06:38:56

Amazon’s Eero is getting into the cellular hotspot router business… sort of. At IFA 2025, the company announced the Eero Signal, a device that can back up your Eero network with cellular data, kicking in when it detects an internet outage. The Eero Signal is an upright little device with a USB-C splitter that plugs into your existing Eero router’s USB-C port, powering both devices. If you’re paying for a $99.99 annual subscription to Eero Plus, you’ll get 10GB of cellular backup data per year.

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Zfsbackrest: Pgbackrest style encrypted backups for ZFS filesystems

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-24 01:35:52

zfsbackrest ⚠️ Experimental: Do not use it as your only way for backups. This is something I wrote over a weekend. There's a lot of things that need work here. pgbackrest style encrypted backups for ZFS filesystems. Getting Started Installing You need age installed to generate encryption keys. Encryption is NOT optional. $ go install github.com/gargakshit/zfsbackrest/cmd/zfsbackrest@latest Configuring Create /etc/zfsbackrest.toml . debug = true # warning, may log sensitive data [ repos

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How to Set Up Your New Android Phone (2025)

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-10-24 12:30:00

If you’ve just unboxed a new Android phone, you’re probably excited to play with it. There’s a little bit of setup to deal with first, but don’t worry—whether it’s a Samsung Galaxy or a Google Pixel, the process of getting started with Android is nearly the same on all devices and blessedly simple. Here’s what you want to have before you get started: Your old phone (not essential, but it’s a good idea to have it on hand) (not essential, but it’s a good idea to have it on hand) Your SIM card (n

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How to Back Up Your Android Phone (2025)

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-10-24 08:30:00

Your phone is the guardian of your digital life. It has that video of your child’s first words, the heart-warming message from your significant other that never fails to cheer you up, and the latest save from your favorite mobile game. You have invested time in getting it just the way you want, and there are irreplaceable memories onboard. Spending a couple of minutes backing up is a small price to pay to ensure you don’t lose it all. Here, I'll show you how to back up your Android phone in a f

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How I saved myself $1200 a year in cloud storage - in 5 sobering steps

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-26 02:48:00

jokerpro/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways My cloud storage costs exploded after unlimited plans vanished. Backing up everything was expensive and unnecessary. Five strategic changes saved me over $1,200 per year. 60 terabytes. I'll never see that much cloud storage again. I'm relieved - and a little sad. This story began many chapters ago. It culminated with some serious self and infrastructure examination, hard conversat

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How I cut my monthly cloud storage bill in half - with 5 tough decisions

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-28 18:18:00

My file and backup servers. That's a tenth of a petabyte right there. My security server is on a different shelf and the offline backup server mentioned below is upstairs. David Gewirtz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Cloud storage costs exploded after unlimited plans vanished Backing up everything was expensive and unnecessary Five strategic changes saved over $1,200 per year 60 terabytes. I'll never see that much cloud storage again. On o

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Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (Updated: Screenshot)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 09:44:49

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos could soon introduce a new feature allowing users to back up only their favorite photos and videos. This feature could provide a middle ground between full auto-backup and manual selection, saving storage space. Update, August 27, 2025 (05:44 AM ET): While we’re still waiting on the feature to go live, we managed to activate the toggle for it for an early look: AssembleDebug / Android Authority Original article, July 30, 2025 (05:16 AM

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Installing a UPS battery backup saved my work PC - here's the full story

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-19 23:26:00

Goldemate 1000 Pro UPS ZDNET's key takeaways The Goldemate 1000 Pro UPS is available now on Amazon for $199. With a Lithium battery that can last for nearly two hours, this UPS is hard to beat at the price. There's no means of communicating to a PC for a graceful shutdown, should power go out. $199.99 at Amazon Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. For as long as I can remember, I've used a UPS -- aka, Uninterruptible Powe

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Your Windows PC has a secretly useful backup tool - here's how to access it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-26 16:00:18

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Windows has a hidden backup tool in Windows 10 and 11. It can save files to discs, drives, or network locations. Deprecated by Microsoft, so expect occasional errors. Regularly backing up your files is always a good idea, just in case any important or irreplaceable ones go missing. For that, you can turn to a variety of programs. But Windows itself has a built-in backup tool that's simple and flexible. The catch is that you

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Windows has a secret backup tool - here's how to use it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-28 23:40:51

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Windows has a hidden backup tool in Windows 10 and 11. It can save files to discs, drives, or network locations. Deprecated by Microsoft, so expect occasional errors. Regularly backing up your files is always a good idea, just in case any important or irreplaceable ones go missing. For that, you can turn to a variety of programs. But Windows itself has a built-in backup tool that's simple and flexible. The catch is that you

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5 command line backup tools every Linux user should use for desktops and servers

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-09 14:47:00

Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same command-line tools for both desktop and server, because it simplifies everything. After all, I don't want to have to learn two different tools for the same job. On top of that, the command-line tools I've included in this list are very powerful and flexible enough to m

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Make Your Own Backup System – Part 2: Forging the FreeBSD Backup Stronghold

news.ycombinator.com Stefano Marinelli 2025-12-12 21:42:56

Laying the Foundation With the primary backup strategies and methodologies introduced, we've reached the point where we can get specific: the Backup Server configuration. When choosing the type of backup server to use, I tend to favor specific setups: either I trust a professional backup service provider (like Colin Percival's Tarsnap), or I want full control over the disks where the backups will be hosted. In both cases, for the past twenty years, my operating system of choice for backup serv

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Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-23 22:16:49

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos could soon introduce a new feature allowing users to back up only their favorite photos and videos. This feature could provide a middle ground between full auto-backup and manual selection, saving storage space. Google Photos is a great photo editing and media management app. I have a Google One subscription, so I turn on Google Photos cloud backup on all my devices, which automatically backs up every photo and video I take. It’s a handy

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Your Pixel Watch could soon give you the same backup freedom as your Android phone (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 03:00:10

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority A man pressed the digital crown of his Google Pixel Watch 3. TL;DR Google could soon let Pixel Watch users manually trigger backups. We’ve found code evidence suggesting Pixel Watches could soon get a “Backup now” button in Settings, possibly removing the current requirement of having the watch connected to a charger during the backup process. The option is similar to the Backup now setting you find on Android phones. Google seems to be working towards maki

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I'm a Linux pro - here are my top 5 command line backup tools for desktops and servers

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-28 04:38:27

DaryaDanik/Getty I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same command-line tools for both desktop and server, because it simplifies everything. After all, I don't want to have to learn two different tools for the same job. On top of that, the command-line tools I've included in this list are very powerful and flexible enough to meet all of my needs.

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I always pack a second phone when I travel, and you should too

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-31 23:00:56

Joe Maring / Android Authority The LG G4 is one of my favorite smartphones, but there was a time it almost left me stranded at an airport. Just minutes before wheels up, the phone started bootlooping and just wouldn’t stop. Thankfully, back then, I had a habit of printing my boarding pass so getting onto the plane wasn’t too much of an issue. However, calling a ride back to my apartment was another story. Ever since this ordeal (and yes, I still get stress sweats thinking about it), I’ve made s

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Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts

news.ycombinator.com Stefano Marinelli 2026-01-11 17:43:23

Backup: Beyond the Simple Copy For as long as I can remember, backup is something that has been underestimated by far too many people. Between flawed techniques, "Schrödinger's backups" (i.e., never tested, thus both valid and invalid at the same time), and conceptual errors about what they are and how they work (RAID is not a backup!), too much data has been lost due to deficiencies in this area. Nowadays, backup is often an afterthought. Many rely entirely on "the cloud" without ever asking

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Google could revamp Android’s backup settings with a sleek new look (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 09:38:55

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Services v25.11.32 beta contains code for a redesigned Backup page, simplifying the interface by removing unnecessary details. Update, July 17, 2025 (06:38 AM ET): Google is rolling out the new Backup UI in Google Play Services. We’ve received the update across devices with Android 15 and Android Canary. Original article, March 20, 2025 (09:02 AM ET): Google has a decently robust backup and restore solution through Google One. This system taps

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Public Signal Backups Testing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-19 04:52:19

TL;DR You can test the new Signal Backups feature on Android on our staging servers. Grab the self-updating apk here! Hello, everyone! Many of you are aware that we’ve been working on a new end-to-end encrypted backup system for quite a while. Well, today, we’re finally ready to start testing it with external users The new backup system fulfills so many of the things people have wanted for so long: Hosted by Signal, so your data is safe even if you made a local backup but dropped your phone

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Latest Tech News

How to Back Up Your iPhone to iCloud, MacOS, or Windows (2025)

Longhorn – A Kubernetes-Native Filesystem

How to undo OneDrive Backup and restore your personal files to your Windows 11 PC

Signal lets you back up your chats for free now - plus its first-ever paid feature

Immich – High performance self-hosted photo and video management

Signal adds secure cloud backups to save and restore chats

Signal’s first paid feature adds encrypted media and message backups

Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats

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Amazon launches cellular dongle to provide backup connectivity for eero routers

Eero Wants to Sell Customers a Cellular Internet Backup Dongle for Its Routers

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How to Set Up Your New Android Phone (2025)

How to Back Up Your Android Phone (2025)

How I saved myself $1200 a year in cloud storage - in 5 sobering steps

How I cut my monthly cloud storage bill in half - with 5 tough decisions

Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (Updated: Screenshot)

Installing a UPS battery backup saved my work PC - here's the full story

Your Windows PC has a secretly useful backup tool - here's how to access it

Windows has a secret backup tool - here's how to use it

5 command line backup tools every Linux user should use for desktops and servers

Make Your Own Backup System – Part 2: Forging the FreeBSD Backup Stronghold

Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (APK teardown)

Your Pixel Watch could soon give you the same backup freedom as your Android phone (APK teardown)

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I always pack a second phone when I travel, and you should too

Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts

Google could revamp Android’s backup settings with a sleek new look (Updated: Rolling out)

Public Signal Backups Testing

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