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h2009

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Oct 13, 2007
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Hi there,

i'm about to install leapord but i want to to do a refresh install of windows and osx. But Im trying to back up all my keychains, favorites, user settings. But i cant find out where the information is contained.

Can anyone help me out? Thanks
 
Copy your user folder over. That will retain all of your personal settings etc.

Next step is optional if you have any knowledge about using the terminal:


rsync -r /Users/'you'/ /Volumes/'DestinationVolumes'/

If you want to keep all of your apps then:

rsync -r /Applications/ /Volumes/'DestinationVolumes'/


Else use CarbonCopyCloner
 
Hi there,

i'm about to install leapord but i want to to do a refresh install of windows and osx. But Im trying to back up all my keychains, favorites, user settings. But i cant find out where the information is contained.

Can anyone help me out? Thanks

For your web browser, if using Safari...

file>export bookmarks

This will keep all your web settings (bookmarks, favourites etc).
 
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