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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1414844" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>I've done system updates before without a backup and not had an issue bit it's not the smartest thing I've ever done. Some users have lost data during updates <strong> If your data is important to you back it up first. </strong></p><p></p><p>I suggest purchasing an external hard drive and making a "clone" of your system. This arrangement has the following advantages:</p><p></p><p>1. Your important data is preserved in the unlikely event something goes wrong during the update. </p><p></p><p>2. Because a "clone" is a bootable copy of your system if something goes wrong you can boot your Mac from the external drive and either get back to work or fix the problem. </p><p></p><p>3. If you decide for some reason that you do not like the new OS you could use a clone to revert to your current OS. Sometimes that's not so easy to do without a clone. </p><p></p><p>My current cloning tool of choice is <a href="http://www.bombich.com/" target="_blank">Carbon Copy Cloner - Home</a> because its capable of copying data, the main Lion installation, <strong>and</strong> the recovery partition. It's an easy to use program but I'm sure someone here would be more than willing to walk you through the steps when the time comes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1414844, member: 131855"] I've done system updates before without a backup and not had an issue bit it's not the smartest thing I've ever done. Some users have lost data during updates [B] If your data is important to you back it up first. [/B] I suggest purchasing an external hard drive and making a "clone" of your system. This arrangement has the following advantages: 1. Your important data is preserved in the unlikely event something goes wrong during the update. 2. Because a "clone" is a bootable copy of your system if something goes wrong you can boot your Mac from the external drive and either get back to work or fix the problem. 3. If you decide for some reason that you do not like the new OS you could use a clone to revert to your current OS. Sometimes that's not so easy to do without a clone. My current cloning tool of choice is [url=http://www.bombich.com/]Carbon Copy Cloner - Home[/url] because its capable of copying data, the main Lion installation, [B]and[/B] the recovery partition. It's an easy to use program but I'm sure someone here would be more than willing to walk you through the steps when the time comes. [/QUOTE]
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