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How to Partition HDD & Make Image Backups
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1528372"><p>This is already done, by Time Machine, automatically.</p><p></p><p>Repeating: the Mac is NOT A PC. Stop thinking like a PC owner. The Mac mostly takes care of itself, it doesn't need the level of "constant management" that a PC does.</p><p></p><p>If she *wants* to, she can certainly store files she creates during classes "in the cloud" (iCloud, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Copy.com, Dropbox, Box, etc etc etc) for safekeeping. Then even if (heaven forbid) the computer is lost or stolen, her work is still safe and waiting to be easily recovered even if a backup hasn't been done. I do this with all my presentations so that in the event my "local" copy doesn't work for some reason, or my computer dies, I can just grab another Internet-connected device and still have access to the file.</p><p></p><p>Thumb drive would also work for storing or backing up documents temporarily between backups, but really you're way overthinking this. Millions of people use Time Machine, it works great and its totally automatic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1528372"] This is already done, by Time Machine, automatically. Repeating: the Mac is NOT A PC. Stop thinking like a PC owner. The Mac mostly takes care of itself, it doesn't need the level of "constant management" that a PC does. If she *wants* to, she can certainly store files she creates during classes "in the cloud" (iCloud, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Copy.com, Dropbox, Box, etc etc etc) for safekeeping. Then even if (heaven forbid) the computer is lost or stolen, her work is still safe and waiting to be easily recovered even if a backup hasn't been done. I do this with all my presentations so that in the event my "local" copy doesn't work for some reason, or my computer dies, I can just grab another Internet-connected device and still have access to the file. Thumb drive would also work for storing or backing up documents temporarily between backups, but really you're way overthinking this. Millions of people use Time Machine, it works great and its totally automatic. [/QUOTE]
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