Coming from windows. I'm not a programmer, but I'd consider myself a quasi-power user.
My procedure on a pc would be a clean OS install, full backup.
Install/authenticate major productivity software, full backup.
Install 'lower level' programs (adobe reader, utilities, online services, etc), incremental backup.
And so I would do a refresh every 6mo's to a year, due to Windows being the pos that it is. I'm about to do that right now on my netbook...sigh...
So what's the deal with mac? Do I really just need to make a backup "as I go"? Is it not common to have speed drops as the OS accumulates use? Is it not common to do 'refreshers' by restoring to earlier backups?
Just want to go in with best practices from the outset, instead of having to learn from mistakes, as I did with Windows, painfully.
thanks for the suggestions!
My procedure on a pc would be a clean OS install, full backup.
Install/authenticate major productivity software, full backup.
Install 'lower level' programs (adobe reader, utilities, online services, etc), incremental backup.
And so I would do a refresh every 6mo's to a year, due to Windows being the pos that it is. I'm about to do that right now on my netbook...sigh...
So what's the deal with mac? Do I really just need to make a backup "as I go"? Is it not common to have speed drops as the OS accumulates use? Is it not common to do 'refreshers' by restoring to earlier backups?
Just want to go in with best practices from the outset, instead of having to learn from mistakes, as I did with Windows, painfully.
thanks for the suggestions!