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how do I back up my mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="Oneironaut" data-source="post: 1039578" data-attributes="member: 88633"><p>The best way to find out how big of a drive you'll need is to right-click on your Macintosh HD and choose "Get Info". A window will pop up telling you how much space you've got left out of how much space total. Use that to determine how big of an external drive to get.</p><p></p><p>When you first plug in an external Firewire drive, the computer will probably ask you if you want to use it as the Time Machine backup drive. IF it doesn't, just open Time Machine from the applications menu. It will ask you if there's anything you DON'T want included in your backup. When you're ready, the backup will start automatically.</p><p></p><p>You can find out more if you watch the tutorial. <a href="http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#timemachinebasics" target="_blank">Apple - Find Out How - Mac Basics</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oneironaut, post: 1039578, member: 88633"] The best way to find out how big of a drive you'll need is to right-click on your Macintosh HD and choose "Get Info". A window will pop up telling you how much space you've got left out of how much space total. Use that to determine how big of an external drive to get. When you first plug in an external Firewire drive, the computer will probably ask you if you want to use it as the Time Machine backup drive. IF it doesn't, just open Time Machine from the applications menu. It will ask you if there's anything you DON'T want included in your backup. When you're ready, the backup will start automatically. You can find out more if you watch the tutorial. [url=http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#timemachinebasics]Apple - Find Out How - Mac Basics[/url] [/QUOTE]
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