Most of us store thousands of pictures and videos on our iPhones. If you want to create a bulletproof backup, you need to know how to transfer photos from iPhone to an external hard drive, SSD or ...

Locking down individual files is great, but a blanket encryption will prevent anyone from getting their paws on your files.

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

You can still make an external macOS bootable drive, but Apple's tighter security procedures mean you have to prepare for it before your internal drive fails. Here's how to do it all, and what's been ...

At first glance, using the same External Drive on both macOS and Windows computers can sound tricky for inexperienced users. However, it's quite possible. You only need to partition the external drive ...

Using a USB drive with iPhone or iPad is much easier than it used to be. Image: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The world is full of USB drives, from portable thumbdrives to full external SSDs. Happily, you’re ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Buying an external hard drive is one of the best decisions a PC or Mac user can make. It gives you the option of backing up your data in a ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

A USB drive can support several different types of file formats, depending on your needs. Here's what those formats mean and ...

Apple's big macOS gaming push is going to quickly fill up your Mac's storage. Here's how to install games to an external SSD. Apple has been working to make gaming on a Mac a bigger thing over the ...

Stop treating your external drive like a backup dumping ground ...

There are a lot of excellent features in the PlayStation 5 from its groundbreaking DualSense controller to its fast load times thanks to its solid-state drive. While there’s plenty to love about it, ...