Hi, folks. I recently purchased a 120gig La Cie external HD that is attached by Firewire to my G3 iBook OSX, 900Mhz.
I thought I could simply drag the iBook desktop hard drive icon onto the La Cie icon on my desktop and everything would be copied. I then copied all desktop items into a separate folder on the external drive. Is this the correct way to do this to back up the iBook? When I click on iTunes on the La Cie it opens the iTunes panel that is in my iBook dock. One of the main reasons I purchased the external drive is for music (I lost a HD once, AND the music went with it; I wish to avoid this occurring again). How can I tell if the music library is on the external drive? With iTunes in OS9 I was able to access the files themselves and duplicate, remove, etc., items; this doesn't seem to be possible with OSX and the newer iTunes. Can I ( should I?) leave the external drive on (all the time?) when the iBook is operating, and is there an automatic save to the external drive when I save to the IBook (same Word files for instance or import of an album to iTunes), or must other paths be constructed? As you can see, this is a first outing here and I don't have much info or understanding. Anything guidance would be appreciated. Thank you, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
