FoxFifth,
Thanks!
Good point. I do use iCloud for some backup, but haven't yet been willing to pay for the size of backup I would need. Their new Apple1 deal may change my mind.
My phone has more than 150 GB of stuff (lots of photos) so I've been doing all the backups locally. Haven't worried about it for too long, but thinking about updating the phone and need to back it up first.
I might temporarily upgrade the iCloud backup long enough to do the update and then bring the cost back down again.
My main machine is a Classic Mac Pro that is still a workhorse (Amazing, actually for a ten year old machine. This has to be one of the all time greats that Apple ever built.), but requires increasing attention to keep it going as Apple moves forward with newer and more incompatible hardware.
Appreciate the thoughtful reply.