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<blockquote data-quote="Mark W" data-source="post: 712290" data-attributes="member: 57974"><p><strong>So the airport express is more than a wireless router? Its kinda like bluetooth or wi - fi? Connecting different components as long as they support airport express? </strong></p><p>The Airport Express is just a wireless router - computers connect to it via wifi (which your imac and many other computers have) and the airport express is connected to your modem so the airport express allows the computers that are wirelessly connected to it to access the internet, each other and a printer if you choose to plug one into it.</p><p></p><p><strong>The way I have my PC set up, I have a image file on a hidden drive. I can do whatever I want to the drive with the operating system. Try software, add crap etc. Then when I want to get a clean image I just dump it and replace it with what i think is a virus free stripped image file from my hidden partition. Is that what time machine will do? Can I get my OS to a point that I am happy with the way it is, save it , then replace the entire OS from the time machine back up? Or does it write over the OS changing the things i have changed without replacing the entire OS? I am not sure my question made any sense, but I hope.</strong></p><p>This is not quite how Time Machine works, however, when installing Mac OS X (either setting up a new mac or reinstalling for whatever reason) you have the option to import a Time Machine backup. In fact, I think you may be able to do this without reinstalling.</p><p>However, something I picked up on in your question - <em> Then when I want to get a clean image I just dump it and replace it with what i think is a virus free stripped image file from my hidden partition.</em> - you don't need to worry about getting virii on a mac.</p><p></p><p><strong>Does it even matter with a Mac? The reason I do it with the PC is for the hidden files, the registration crap, the files that build. Is that even a worry with Mac? Thanks again for the help</strong></p><p>Generally speaking, don't worry about that kind of thing.</p><p></p><p><strong>I am not sure what features I am talking about with the iWeb. I read somewhere that if you use iWeb and your own web space that not all of it worked properly.</strong></p><p>iWeb should be able to export exactly what it would have uploaded to MobileMe - so there should be no issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark W, post: 712290, member: 57974"] [B]So the airport express is more than a wireless router? Its kinda like bluetooth or wi - fi? Connecting different components as long as they support airport express? [/B] The Airport Express is just a wireless router - computers connect to it via wifi (which your imac and many other computers have) and the airport express is connected to your modem so the airport express allows the computers that are wirelessly connected to it to access the internet, each other and a printer if you choose to plug one into it. [B]The way I have my PC set up, I have a image file on a hidden drive. I can do whatever I want to the drive with the operating system. Try software, add crap etc. Then when I want to get a clean image I just dump it and replace it with what i think is a virus free stripped image file from my hidden partition. Is that what time machine will do? Can I get my OS to a point that I am happy with the way it is, save it , then replace the entire OS from the time machine back up? Or does it write over the OS changing the things i have changed without replacing the entire OS? I am not sure my question made any sense, but I hope.[/B] This is not quite how Time Machine works, however, when installing Mac OS X (either setting up a new mac or reinstalling for whatever reason) you have the option to import a Time Machine backup. In fact, I think you may be able to do this without reinstalling. However, something I picked up on in your question - [i] Then when I want to get a clean image I just dump it and replace it with what i think is a virus free stripped image file from my hidden partition.[/i] - you don't need to worry about getting virii on a mac. [B]Does it even matter with a Mac? The reason I do it with the PC is for the hidden files, the registration crap, the files that build. Is that even a worry with Mac? Thanks again for the help[/B] Generally speaking, don't worry about that kind of thing. [B]I am not sure what features I am talking about with the iWeb. I read somewhere that if you use iWeb and your own web space that not all of it worked properly.[/B] iWeb should be able to export exactly what it would have uploaded to MobileMe - so there should be no issues. [/QUOTE]
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