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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 353903" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>You seem to have a 500 GB hard drive in your iMac and a 500 GB external now. I would be inclined to use it simply for backup. Since your iMac hard drive and your external match in size, you can literally back up by dragging and dropping your home directory from your Mac onto the external, and that is it! Very easy, no backup software needed.</p><p></p><p>I do just this myself. I have a 250 GB hard disk in my Mac and a 250 GB external hard drive. Again, the sizes match and I just drag n drop for backup. Nice and easy. Backing up HAS to be easy, or people won't do it.</p><p></p><p>I don't see any advantage in partitioning and setting up multi boot unless you are inclined to tinkering with computers. That is a personal call.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 353903, member: 17052"] You seem to have a 500 GB hard drive in your iMac and a 500 GB external now. I would be inclined to use it simply for backup. Since your iMac hard drive and your external match in size, you can literally back up by dragging and dropping your home directory from your Mac onto the external, and that is it! Very easy, no backup software needed. I do just this myself. I have a 250 GB hard disk in my Mac and a 250 GB external hard drive. Again, the sizes match and I just drag n drop for backup. Nice and easy. Backing up HAS to be easy, or people won't do it. I don't see any advantage in partitioning and setting up multi boot unless you are inclined to tinkering with computers. That is a personal call. [/QUOTE]
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