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Got my backup drive & Leopard disc-Now what do I do?
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<blockquote data-quote="naftalim" data-source="post: 517257" data-attributes="member: 38627"><p>Being a fairly new user myself, and having had these same questions, perhaps I can explain. </p><p></p><p>Note that the default install for Leopard is Upgrade. To select Archive and Install or Erase and Install, click on the Options Button early in the Install. Make sure that you don't start Time Machine during the Install, it will slow things down.</p><p></p><p>What you want to do first is create a backup prior to installation in case something goes wrong.</p><p></p><p>Since SuperDuper is not yet Leopard Compatible, and costs around $27, get Carbon Copy Cloner for now as its shareware with a $10 Donation. You can get it here. <a href="http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" target="_blank">http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html</a></p><p></p><p>IN CCC all you have to do is select your Macintosh HD as the Source and your Backup Drive as the Target and it will go ahead and Clone your Macintosh HD. You can test that it has worked well by setting your Startup Disk in System Preferences to the Backup Drive and restart. To get back to Startup from your main drive, set it again as the Startup in System preferences and restart. </p><p></p><p>If you have done an Archive and Install or an Erase and Install, use Migration Assistant which is found in Applications/Utilities to help you migrate applications and data from your backup. Once you are satisfied that everything you need is there and working well, then you can make a decision how to structure your backups. For most people, just having a CCC or SuperDuper backup on an external is fine. If you want more granular backlup, you can use Time Machine as well. What I do is I have 2 partitions on my Backup Drive, one for Cloned Backup with CCC and the other using Time Machine. You create these partitions using Disk Utility which is again found in Applications/Utilities.</p><p></p><p>I schedule my CCC backup for once a week, and Time Machine does it every hour. </p><p></p><p>You can also set scheduled backups with CCC. A note. CCC will not backup if the computer is asleep, so go to System Preferences and Energy Saver and set it to wake a minute before your scheduled backups. </p><p></p><p>Don't worry about Time Machine for now, your CCC backup will be fine at first. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="naftalim, post: 517257, member: 38627"] Being a fairly new user myself, and having had these same questions, perhaps I can explain. Note that the default install for Leopard is Upgrade. To select Archive and Install or Erase and Install, click on the Options Button early in the Install. Make sure that you don't start Time Machine during the Install, it will slow things down. What you want to do first is create a backup prior to installation in case something goes wrong. Since SuperDuper is not yet Leopard Compatible, and costs around $27, get Carbon Copy Cloner for now as its shareware with a $10 Donation. You can get it here. [url]http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html[/url] IN CCC all you have to do is select your Macintosh HD as the Source and your Backup Drive as the Target and it will go ahead and Clone your Macintosh HD. You can test that it has worked well by setting your Startup Disk in System Preferences to the Backup Drive and restart. To get back to Startup from your main drive, set it again as the Startup in System preferences and restart. If you have done an Archive and Install or an Erase and Install, use Migration Assistant which is found in Applications/Utilities to help you migrate applications and data from your backup. Once you are satisfied that everything you need is there and working well, then you can make a decision how to structure your backups. For most people, just having a CCC or SuperDuper backup on an external is fine. If you want more granular backlup, you can use Time Machine as well. What I do is I have 2 partitions on my Backup Drive, one for Cloned Backup with CCC and the other using Time Machine. You create these partitions using Disk Utility which is again found in Applications/Utilities. I schedule my CCC backup for once a week, and Time Machine does it every hour. You can also set scheduled backups with CCC. A note. CCC will not backup if the computer is asleep, so go to System Preferences and Energy Saver and set it to wake a minute before your scheduled backups. Don't worry about Time Machine for now, your CCC backup will be fine at first. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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