# It's 2021: Have you checked your backups?

DevFeed: [It's 2021: Have you checked your backups?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/it-s-2021-have-you-checked-your-backups-36852.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/its-2021-check-backups/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2021-01-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backups.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Data Recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-recovery.md>), [synology nas](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/synology-nas.md>)

Tags: [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [nas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nas.md>), [recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recovery.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [synology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/synology.md>), [synology-nas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/synology-nas.md>)

## AI overview

The article reflects on backup and restore failures involving Apple recovery options, Time Machine, Synology NAS servers, network connections, and recovery software. It emphasizes verifying that backups can actually be restored and notes several practical lessons from recent troubleshooting.

## Source excerpt

As the expression goes, no one cares about backups, they care about restores. Do yours work?