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Hi All
I'm a LONG time Linux/Windows software/hardware engineer, and am VERY happy with my current hardware setup, but have always been curious about the hype behind the dedication shown by the Apple die-hards. I've always had trouble helping my customers and clients with their Apple-OS based systems (which has saved me a TON of time over the years, actually )
I recently was gifted a 2009(10?) 24" iMac from my future mother-in-law who is now mostly bed-ridden and upgraded to a Macbook. I saw the iMac sitting in the corner and asked about it. She said, "would you like to have it?"
Heck yeah! That looks like some fun nerdery about to happen! After she was able to find the power cord and that silly looking little keyboard, I was off and running back to my lab!
I have spent the last week reinstalling and upgrading the OS, I'm now running El Capitan, have installed all of my dev tools and have been very impressed with this machine for being (+/-) 8 years-old.
I've been able to Google pretty much everything I need up to this point, but since it only has a 640GB HD, I have concerns about using the "Time Machine" (seriously, with that name? lol) to rely on for backups.
After searching around for a way to take a permanent snapshot of my current build, with all of the things that I've been installing, I'm a little bit stymied on how to create an image of the current setup.
I have a LOT to learn about OS X and such, so I want a way to get back to THIS EXACT POINT, where it feels like I've done everything right, and I'm very happy with my software and such.
Can y'all help me out with some recommendations about what to use to snapshot my current build so I can quickly get back to it?
Any help is appreciated! I'm hoping that since...you know...Apple/Mac/OS X is so friendly, I won't get a lot of the snarky, "Did you even search, bro?" replies that show up on the Linux and Windows forums...heh...TBH, I'm guilty of some snarkiness myself...
At any rate, I look forward to hearing from the other side of the coin. From what I've heard over the years, this side of the coin is the Republic...although I still think Stormtroopers are pretty cool.
Thanks for the replies!
~Karl, the Mac noob
I'm a LONG time Linux/Windows software/hardware engineer, and am VERY happy with my current hardware setup, but have always been curious about the hype behind the dedication shown by the Apple die-hards. I've always had trouble helping my customers and clients with their Apple-OS based systems (which has saved me a TON of time over the years, actually )
I recently was gifted a 2009(10?) 24" iMac from my future mother-in-law who is now mostly bed-ridden and upgraded to a Macbook. I saw the iMac sitting in the corner and asked about it. She said, "would you like to have it?"
Heck yeah! That looks like some fun nerdery about to happen! After she was able to find the power cord and that silly looking little keyboard, I was off and running back to my lab!
I have spent the last week reinstalling and upgrading the OS, I'm now running El Capitan, have installed all of my dev tools and have been very impressed with this machine for being (+/-) 8 years-old.
I've been able to Google pretty much everything I need up to this point, but since it only has a 640GB HD, I have concerns about using the "Time Machine" (seriously, with that name? lol) to rely on for backups.
After searching around for a way to take a permanent snapshot of my current build, with all of the things that I've been installing, I'm a little bit stymied on how to create an image of the current setup.
I have a LOT to learn about OS X and such, so I want a way to get back to THIS EXACT POINT, where it feels like I've done everything right, and I'm very happy with my software and such.
Can y'all help me out with some recommendations about what to use to snapshot my current build so I can quickly get back to it?
Any help is appreciated! I'm hoping that since...you know...Apple/Mac/OS X is so friendly, I won't get a lot of the snarky, "Did you even search, bro?" replies that show up on the Linux and Windows forums...heh...TBH, I'm guilty of some snarkiness myself...
At any rate, I look forward to hearing from the other side of the coin. From what I've heard over the years, this side of the coin is the Republic...although I still think Stormtroopers are pretty cool.
Thanks for the replies!
~Karl, the Mac noob