Hi all,
Just recently moved from XP/Wind 7 to a mbpr and have some questions regarding the best solution for backing up.
On windows, I used to have an external drive I would copy everything over each month as a backup. My computers also had two partitions, one for the OS and one for my documents/pictures/music/etc.
Now on OSX I find myself again with one partition, and no idea what the best course of action is.
I downloaded Carbon Copy Cloner, in an effort to setup an automated backup, but from what I've read, you should create a partition on your external drive dedicated to the backup. I think Time Machine is the same...
I would prefer just backing up everything like I used to with a program, to do it automatically, rather than having to create a partition.
Also, I havent been able to find any info in regards to restoring OSX. Will one lose all the data on the HD like in Windows?
What do you guys suggest I do?
thanks
Just recently moved from XP/Wind 7 to a mbpr and have some questions regarding the best solution for backing up.
On windows, I used to have an external drive I would copy everything over each month as a backup. My computers also had two partitions, one for the OS and one for my documents/pictures/music/etc.
Now on OSX I find myself again with one partition, and no idea what the best course of action is.
I downloaded Carbon Copy Cloner, in an effort to setup an automated backup, but from what I've read, you should create a partition on your external drive dedicated to the backup. I think Time Machine is the same...
I would prefer just backing up everything like I used to with a program, to do it automatically, rather than having to create a partition.
Also, I havent been able to find any info in regards to restoring OSX. Will one lose all the data on the HD like in Windows?
What do you guys suggest I do?
thanks