The basics of backing-up to an external hard drive?

[BoyBach]

(I'm about to buy a 120GB external hard drive (firewire) that I plan to use to back-up my iTunes library, iPhoto library and Word & Excel documents.)

What are the basics that I need to know about backing-up important files and documents to an external hard drive?

What software will I need, if any? (I have Backup 3.1.1 as part of the dotMac subscription.)

How often would you recommend that I back-up?

All suggestions, advice and tips will be gratefully received.

Thanks, Andrew

 

[FJ218700]

click and drag.

Yes there is software available, but I prefer to do in manually.

 

[BoyBach]

click and drag.

Yes there is software available, but I prefer to do in manually.

It's that simple?

 

[xJulianx]

It's that simple?

Sure is.

 

[Trogloxene]

I just drag files and folders, but there are lots of backup programs that will just update your changed files. (silverkeeper, superduper, smartbackup)

-T

 

[FJ218700]

It's that simple?

yep, you are your own wizard.