You can also use rsync from the terminal to copy everything somewhere
else. I usually just backup my users folder since everything else I can
reinstall. From the terminal do
rsync -avz --delete /Users/cblouch/* destination/folder
The destination can either be another directory like an external
firewire drive called Backup in a folder called MyBackup
rsync -av --delete /Users/cblouch/* /Volumes/backup/MyBackup
if you turn on ssh access on another mac you can backup to a folder on
that machine instead. So if the IP address of the other machine is
192.168.130.10 and I have an account on that machine called cblouch I
can backup to a folder in cblouch called MyBackup by doing
rsync -avz --delete /Users/cblouch/* [EMAIL PROTECTED]:MyBackup
The first time this will take a bit but after that it only copies over
anything that has changed since the last time you ran it. the z option
compresses stuff before transferring it which works well when copying
over a network. I leave the z option out when copying to another local
drive. The --delete option says that if a file has been deleted from the
source then also delete it from the backup. In other words, the backup
will be a mirror of your folder. If you leave --delete out, deleting
files on your local machine will not delete them from the backup. In
other words, your backup will keep getting bigger and bigger.
Hope this helps. A little more effort but its free.
CB
Chelsea wrote:
I learned a hard lesson today when i went to wake up my Mac. It
wouldn't wake up. Even when i pushed the power button, nothing. I had
a feeling that I'd have to bring it in to Apple, and probably end up
losing all data. Well, thankfully my mom was talking with someone who
is a Mac geek, and got it to wake up. Lesson learned. You never know
when your computer will decide to quit working. If you can, backup as
often as possible. The sad thing is, I had learned about that in my
business class, but didn't do anything about it until my computer went
crazy.
I hope this doesn't happen to anyone else. If it does, just hold down
the power button, and it will beep at you. Let up from the button and
you will be in the log-in screen. :) I'm thankful it was just taking a
longer sleep!
Have a great day,
Chelsea
