November 20, 2025

It’s easy to assume your backup app—whether it’s Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, Backblaze, Retrospect, or something else—is quietly doing its job. But bugs can corrupt backups, and destination drives can fail silently—so when you actually need to restore, you might discover your data isn’t there. We’ve seen this happen with small businesses here in the western suburbs of Chicago.

For peace of mind, set a quarterly reminder to verify your backups. Test by restoring a few files and opening them:

- Time Machine: Enter Time Machine and restore a few important files; confirm they open.
- Clone: Mount the clone and open several documents/spreadsheets.
- Cloud backup: Perform a small restore and verify the files.

Backup failures aren’t common, but backups are your lifeline after a catastrophe—so it’s worth confirming they work.

Need help setting up a simple “trust but verify” routine for your office? Tarilon can audit your backup plan and build a quarterly test checklist so you’re never guessing when it matters.