Technology Tip: Use Time Machine to Back Up Files

The Agency has provided all employees with agency computers an external hard drive (Time Machine) on which to back up their files. When we checked recently to see how often people are using them to back up their files, here is what we learned:

Last backup over 30 days ago: 240 staff members
Last backup over 60 days ago: 97 staff members
Last backup over 90 days ago: 51 staff members

It's best practice to back up files every day, but once a week is perhaps more realistic for many of you who travel extensively. As you can see from the information above, a high percentage of our staff are not backing up anywhere near that often! Please set aside a time each week to plug in your external drive and choose "Back Up Now" under the Time Machine menu -- it's the icon that looks like a clock.