Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Why would you bother to back up your iMessages? After all, they’re all stored in iCloud these days, right? Well, yes your messages are all stored in iCloud, but ...

The worst-case scenario has befallen even the most careful computer user: a coffee mug spills on your laptop or an update wipes all your files and photos. Despite your best effort, accidents happen.

It's not enough to just let your iPhone back up to iCloud, not when you need to be sure you won't lose anything important. Here are your options for backing up iOS devices. Steve Jobs once made a ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Windows automatically creates a profile for each WiFi you connect to access the internet in order to make it easy to connect to them some other time on your computer. However, what happens if you ...

Unlike Windows or macOS, ChromeOS doesn’t offer a full backup solution. ChromeOS runs on the cloud, and all the settings and files in Google Drive are automatically synced and backed up. However, ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

The Windows Backup app is a new addition to the already feature-rich suite of apps that allows you to configure backups for your files, settings, credentials, and apps to your OneDrive account. It is ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Backing up your Mac is not just something you do when testing betas like macOS Tahoe; it is an everyday essential if you want to avoid risking losing irreplaceable work. Maybe you think you don't need ...

The Windows Registry is a crucial Windows operating system component that stores configuration settings and options. However, if you incorrectly make changes to the Registry, it could cause Windows to ...