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Mac backup advice needed - I need to wipe my Mac then restore everything.

Garrod

Garrod

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Nov 13, 2008
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My iMac's GPU is failing. I'm booking it into a an Apple retail store soon for repair and I need to back everything up; by backup I mean that, once repaired, I want to restore it exactly as it was (more or less!)

I have a 500gb external HD and I've never used Time Machine before but will it do what I need? Can I use Time Machine to copy my ill Mac so that I can restore it back to just how it was once I get it back? Will it work with my Boot Camp partition also or do I need to use a separate option (in Windows...eugh!) or will Time Machine help me with this?

Any advice will be superb fellow Mac users!
 
To be honest, I'm not that concerned about my Windows partition (I only use it for games)...will Time Machine do the task that I need in regards to (eventually) restoring my Mac back to how it was after an HD format?



EDIT - Sorry, I forgot to say thanks to the suggestions so far!
 
to do this properly you need to back up to the "time capsule", and when you get your mac back simply use migration assistant it will return your mac to exactly how it was before you unplugged it. hope this helps
tug :apple:
p.s.time machine wont do any backups without being connected to some form of ehd it is configured to work seamlessly with macs "time capsule" (bit pricey though)
 
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