Now, a question on recovery. When I held down option while starting it up, it made the chime, and I waited a bit to see if vo would turn on. It didn't, and cmd+f5 wouldn't do it, either. I did this out of curiosity just to see if it'd work, because I know there may come a time when I need it. Thoughts? Thanks!
On 7/2/12, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually I can back up my recovery disk via carbon copy clowned. See my > earlier post on my podcast at http://tffp.marrie.org/374 for a very > detailed explanation on CCC as I call it. > > Take care and enjoy. > On Jul 2, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Josh, >> >> While you can partition a new hard drive fairly easily with Disk Utility >> by selecting the drive and going to the "Partition" tab, you might >> consider just getting a dedicated hard drive for Time Machine backups. >> Time Machine will fill up the available space, deleting the oldest backups >> as it runs out of room, which is why you want to either partition the >> drive or dedicate a drive if you are going to continue using it over time. >> And this is also why you don't want to store other files in the same >> location if you continue to run Time Machine and run out of space -- since >> these other, non-Time Machine files, can eventually be overwritten when >> this happens. >> >> Starting up Time Machine can be as simple as attaching a brand new hard >> drive (that is formatted for Mac's file system) and answering the prompt >> for "Do you want to use this drive for Time Machine backups?", which >> includes an option for deciding later if you don't want to decide now. >> >> I like to keep a bootable clone of my current operating system. You can >> create this with either SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner. This lets you >> get a working system up right away by attaching the cloned hard drive, and >> booting up while holding the "Option" key. Then, once you've heard the >> chime and activity stop after 10 or 15 seconds, press either the right or >> left arrow key followed by the return key to boot from your clone. The >> only amendment for Lion is that your clone won't include the Lion recovery >> partition, but you can create a separate recovery drive if you read the >> TidBITS article, "Lion Recovery Disk Assistant Creates External Recovery >> Drives": >> http://tidbits.com/article/12411 >> >> You can read details about how to create a bootable clone in Lynne's blog >> article from last year: >> • "How to copy (Backup), (Clone) Your System Start Volume" >> http://maciosaccessdotnet.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/mac-osx-system-backup/ >> >> You can also get even more extensive details by taking advantage of your >> list member's 80% discount, and getting the "Take Control of Backing Up >> Your Mac" volume. I'll quote from a recent post by Travis about the two >> (off-list) contact points for doing this. "So, anyone is welcome to >> purchase directly from support at mac-access.net, or myself >> ([email protected]) and you will get the same books at the same prices. >> With the added caveat that if you purchase through me, I do not have the >> facilities to offer the downloadable bookshelf that Gordon and Lynne >> maintain, so you will need to contact them to get that setup after the >> transaction is complete." The reference to the downloadable bookshelf is >> way of getting access to a bookshelf for the most recent copies of your >> book purchases that is more accessible than the main TidBITS site. This >> is useful if you want to get another version (e.g. ePub for reading on >> your mobile device) or access to a later version after your purchase. >> Since Lynne and Gordon are away at Wimbledon at present, setups for the >> bookshelf access, or processing the orders through them might take a bit >> longer. They usually handle the non-U.S. orders and Travis handles the >> U.S. ones. >> >> You can read more about the Take Control book on backups and download a >> PDF sample of the content here: >> http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/backing-up >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:56 AM, josh gregory wrote: >> >>> Oh wow... very interesting. And a good end to it, too. So this brings >>> up a question: How do you go about setting up time machine? I've >>> looked, and it looks like the only real way to do it is by >>> partitioning a part of the hard drive, which I'm not keen on just yet. >>> Thoughts? 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