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<blockquote data-quote="coriordan" data-source="post: 1473188" data-attributes="member: 279814"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I am going for a full reformat and fresh install of OSX 10.6 for my MacBook black (2.4gig, 2gig ram).</p><p></p><p>I am currently making a 'time machine' backup of everything, but I actually only want to keep a few things:</p><p>Photos, Movies, Music</p><p>Emails (and the settings/folder structures in Entourage)</p><p>Documents</p><p></p><p>I was wondering - from the Time Machine, can I drag and drop things back across I want to keep or only do a full restore?</p><p></p><p>If not I need to drag and drop to save what I want, in which case I know where most things are I want to keep except: Where are the emails/settings stored, so I can copy them back once a fresh install is done?</p><p></p><p>Finally, I have about 60-80 films saved on my HDD, but when I drag them across (I did this with an old ext HD) it said there are 900 files copying! Any ideas why?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for any help</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coriordan, post: 1473188, member: 279814"] Hi, I am going for a full reformat and fresh install of OSX 10.6 for my MacBook black (2.4gig, 2gig ram). I am currently making a 'time machine' backup of everything, but I actually only want to keep a few things: Photos, Movies, Music Emails (and the settings/folder structures in Entourage) Documents I was wondering - from the Time Machine, can I drag and drop things back across I want to keep or only do a full restore? If not I need to drag and drop to save what I want, in which case I know where most things are I want to keep except: Where are the emails/settings stored, so I can copy them back once a fresh install is done? Finally, I have about 60-80 films saved on my HDD, but when I drag them across (I did this with an old ext HD) it said there are 900 files copying! Any ideas why? Thanks for any help [/QUOTE]
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