How To Use Your MacBook's Built-In Backup Tool Instead Of Paying For Cloud Storage

Apple's Time Machine tool removes the need to store everything online.

Adnan Ahmed for Engadget

Modern cloud storage, the way we know it, has been around commercially since 2006, when Amazon launched its Simple Storage Service (S3). In the following years, personal cloud storage rose in popularity thanks to services like Dropbox and Google Drive. Back then, the idea of being able to access a few of your most important files on any computer felt remarkably convenient. Nowadays, cloud storage has become more of a necessity, often requiring a subscription if you want to store more than a few gigabytes.

Apple's iCloudnotoriously only offers 5GB of storage for free. In addition to backing up your photos and videos, you're somehow supposed to accommodate device backups from your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Although the 50GB monthly subscription may not seem costly at $0.99, that amount of cloud storage isn't really...

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