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My first Mac! Impressed...mostly...
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1747447"><p>I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make daily backups (full clone) of my boot drive. I also use TM with Time Machine Editor (search for it) to schedule twice a day TM backups to a different external drive. I have lost both the boot and backup drive at the same time in my past, so I now use a minimum of two backups, three for more critical business data. Yes, I'm paranoid. But the two backups are for two different purposes--the clone is to get me booted and going again in minimum time if I lose the entire boot drive and the TM is an incremental backup so I can go back to right before I made the mistake and put it back.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the Mac world. You'll need to "forget" some windows stuff: things like antivirus software, worrying about maintaining the OS, etc. Just enjoy the Mac. </p><p></p><p>One thing might be worth mentioning. In general, the new "name" for the OS from Apple is macOS, but that started with the latest version of macOS, Sierra. Prior to that it was OS X (pronounced "Oh-Ess-ten"). You'll see both mixed and we aren't pedantic about it, but it could be confusing for a noob.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1747447"] I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make daily backups (full clone) of my boot drive. I also use TM with Time Machine Editor (search for it) to schedule twice a day TM backups to a different external drive. I have lost both the boot and backup drive at the same time in my past, so I now use a minimum of two backups, three for more critical business data. Yes, I'm paranoid. But the two backups are for two different purposes--the clone is to get me booted and going again in minimum time if I lose the entire boot drive and the TM is an incremental backup so I can go back to right before I made the mistake and put it back. Welcome to the Mac world. You'll need to "forget" some windows stuff: things like antivirus software, worrying about maintaining the OS, etc. Just enjoy the Mac. One thing might be worth mentioning. In general, the new "name" for the OS from Apple is macOS, but that started with the latest version of macOS, Sierra. Prior to that it was OS X (pronounced "Oh-Ess-ten"). You'll see both mixed and we aren't pedantic about it, but it could be confusing for a noob. [/QUOTE]
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