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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Can I delete my previous systems?
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 818871" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>As a word of advice, copying to the desktop is not backing up. Backing up refers to putting copies of your folders/files on other media independent of your HD. So, for example, a flash drive, an external HD or through an online backup service.</p><p></p><p>Have you reinstalled OS X at any point? One of the options during a reinstall is to archive the old install and reinstall OS X with the old files appearing on your new install so you can still use the files.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 818871, member: 71075"] As a word of advice, copying to the desktop is not backing up. Backing up refers to putting copies of your folders/files on other media independent of your HD. So, for example, a flash drive, an external HD or through an online backup service. Have you reinstalled OS X at any point? One of the options during a reinstall is to archive the old install and reinstall OS X with the old files appearing on your new install so you can still use the files. [/QUOTE]
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