Because I don't know how to use the mac yet, I have nothing on there, no photos, no music, no documents, absolutely nothing. I do have a few usb keys but not an external drive. How much space will I need to have to make a backup of the system?s
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: November-18-15 7:42 AM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: where do i find my info on the mac Hey Zoe, I really think you should find somewhere to put at least your critical stuff—documents and whatnot. Don’t worry about the software on your Mac until you have made certain that your stuff is safe. iCloud Drive, if you don’t mind Apple keeping it for you, is one such place. Then, yes, it’s a good idea to have an external drive from which to do your installs or onto which you make your backups. If you put your critical stuff into iCloud drive, then you could get a cheap USB hard disk or pen drive, and use it to put the OS X installation app onto. That way you can easily and reliably get yourself out of a bind when you really screw it up, for whatever reason. You will need nothing more to set up, and restore from iCloud or your backup disk. Cheers, Sabahattin -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
