New lessons on macOS network home backup: WiFi issues and so many bugs

Recently we had a flurry of home computing issues. They feel typical of our time where multiple bugs interact across multiple environments. In this case there were 3-4 different bugs and failures that impacted our home network and especially backup. The lessons learned were not in my ai responses so they seem worth sharing. The interacting bugs included: Apple hardware bugs in the M1 Air that can…