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Yester: Time Machine®, in the cloud.

Yester backs up your whole Mac every hour, encrypted on your Mac before anything leaves. When you need a file back, you pick the version you want by sight.

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  • 60-day money-back guarantee
  • Notarised by Apple
  • Encrypted on your Mac
  • Restore check every week
Yester’s Overview window. A green glass panel says “Your Mac is backed up”: the last backup was 12 minutes ago and the next starts in 48 minutes. Below it are the restore check that passed yesterday, a search box for finding a file to restore, and the list of what is backed up. Yester’s menu bar menu: backed up 12 minutes ago, next in 48 minutes, with Restore a File and Back Up Now buttons and the three files backed up most recently.
The Overview window and the menu bar menu, as Yester shows them on your Mac.

Backed up every hour, checked every week

Yester works on its own once it is set up. It backs up every hour, keeps years of history and proves every week that your files come back intact.

  • Every hour, Yester backs up quietly in the background. It pauses on battery power and slows down during video calls.

  • 5 years of history on Yester Max. Go back to any version of a file, even one you deleted long ago.

  • 50 files are restored and checked every week, byte for byte, so you know the backup works before you need it.

Go back to any hour, by sight

Yester shows your Mac as it was at the moment you pick, with a preview of every version. The timeline stops only where a file changed, and the differences from today are highlighted, so you restore the right version first time. History is hourly for the last day, daily for a month, then weekly. Today’s file is kept too, so any restore can be undone.

Yester’s Browse & Restore window showing the Mac as it was on Tuesday 15 September at 14:00. A timeline of changes runs across the top. In the Thesis folder, an older version of chapter-3-methods.docx is selected, with a preview of it, a strip of earlier versions and a Restore This Version button.

A new Mac, exactly as you left it

Sign in on a new or wiped Mac and Yester brings back your apps, settings, documents, photos and mail. With an external drive, Yester prepares it for Migration Assistant, which restores everything as it would from a Time Machine disk. Without one, restore straight from the cloud and use the Mac after about ten minutes while the rest arrives. Files you open jump the queue.

Yester’s Restore this Mac window with three choices: which Mac (Sam’s MacBook Pro, last backed up 12 minutes ago), from when (the latest backup) and what to bring back (apps, documents, photos and mail, 412 GB in all). A note says the Mac can be used after about 10 minutes.

External drives, archived for pennies

Add any external drive for £6.99 per TB a month. Yester backs it up once a day while it is plugged in, and keeps the backup while you pay, even if the drive spends months in a drawer. Recent files restore instantly. Older files arrive in up to 12 hours, and Yester tells you when they are ready.

Yester’s Devices & Plan window. It lists two Macs and two external drives with the Archival tag, each with its plan, monthly price and last backup. Below are the three plan cards for the MacBook Pro.

Nothing on your Mac can delete a backup

Your Mac can add to its backup and read from it, but it can never delete from it. Versions are removed only by Yester’s retention rules, when they pass your plan’s window. A 30-day safety net sits behind even that, so ransomware can’t reach the versions from before it struck.

  • Encrypted on your Mac

    Every file, file name and preview is encrypted before it is uploaded.

  • Only your recovery key unlocks it

    Yester never holds your key, so nobody at Yester can read your files.

  • Not ransomware, not a mistake

    Your Mac can add to its backup and read from it. It can never delete from it.

  • Kept for your whole window

    Versions stay until they pass your plan’s window: 90 days, 1 year or 5 years.

Every version. Every file. One restore screen.

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Priced per Mac, by its built-in storage

Yester costs £11.99 a month for a Mac with 512 GB of built-in storage. Every plan backs up the whole Mac every hour. Plans differ only in how far back you can go.

  • Yester

    £11.99 a month for a 512 GB Mac

    Go back 90 days

  • Yester Pro

    £16.99 a month for a 512 GB Mac

    Go back 1 year

  • Yester Max

    £23.99 a month for a 512 GB Mac

    Go back 5 years

A 1 TB Mac is £16.99 a month and a 2 TB Mac is £24.99. External drives are £6.99 per TB a month. Compare every plan and price

Wait, what about…

Short answers about price, privacy, restoring and what Yester needs.

How much does Yester cost, and can I get my money back?

Yester costs £11.99 a month for a Mac with 512 GB of built-in storage, £16.99 for 1 TB and £24.99 for 2 TB. Yester Pro keeps a year of history and Yester Max five years, from £16.99 and £23.99. There is no trial. You add a card when you sign up, and you can ask for a full refund within 60 days of the first charge.

Is my backup safe and private?

Yes. Everything is encrypted on your Mac before it is uploaded, including file names and previews. Only your recovery key can unlock it, and Yester never has a copy, so nobody at Yester can read your files. Nothing on your Mac can delete a backup. Every week Yester restores 50 random files and checks that they match.

What does Yester back up?

Your whole Mac, every hour: your home folder, other users’ folders, apps, mail, messages, photos, app data and settings. macOS itself is left out, because a new Mac already has it. So are caches, temporary files and the Trash. Files that live only in iCloud and aren’t downloaded to your Mac are skipped, and Yester lists them in Settings.

Does Yester back up my Claude Code and Codex conversations?

Yes. Claude Code and Codex keep your conversations in hidden folders in your home folder, ~/.claude and ~/.codex. They’re easy to forget, and it isn’t always clear whether a backup includes them. Yester backs up the whole Mac every hour, hidden folders included. Claude Code also deletes its conversations after 30 days by default, and Yester keeps deleted files for 90 days, a year or five years, depending on your plan.

Can I restore my whole Mac onto a new one?

Yes. Install Yester on the new Mac, sign in and choose Restore this Mac from a backup. With an external drive, Yester prepares it for Migration Assistant, which brings everything across as it would from a Time Machine disk. Without a drive, the Mac is ready to use after about ten minutes while photos and apps keep arriving.

Does Yester back up external drives?

Yes, for £6.99 per TB of the drive’s capacity a month. Drives are backed up once a day while they are plugged in. The backup is kept while you pay, even if the drive stays unplugged for months. Recent files restore instantly. Files you haven’t changed for 90 days take up to 12 hours to arrive.

What happens if I cancel?

Backups stop, and your backup stays readable for 90 days, so you can still browse and restore anything. After that it is deleted. Sign up again within those 90 days and your history is all still there. You can cancel from your account page, or by removing the Mac in the app.

What do I need to run Yester?

A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 26 or later. Intel Macs aren’t supported. Yester is a menu bar app with a small helper that runs backups on a schedule. It needs Full Disk Access so it can back up mail, messages and app data. Setup takes about five minutes.

How far back can I go?

Up to 90 days on Yester, 1 year on Yester Pro and 5 years on Yester Max. History is hourly for the last day, daily for a month and weekly after that. The current state of everything you pay for is kept for as long as you pay, whatever the plan.

Back up your whole Mac, starting today

Setup takes about five minutes, and your documents are backed up first. If Yester isn’t for you, ask for a full refund within 60 days.

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Requirements
macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon
Pricing
From £11.99 a month
Refund
100% within 60 days
Latest version
1.0 beta