Mac users...backing up hd question.

tectonic · Tue, Dec-30-2008, 09:59:25 PM

I'm getting ready to install my new 320gb hard drive in my MBP but before I do so I need to backup my current hard drive. I need to some suggestions on which program is recommended. Thanks!

castaway · Tue, Dec-30-2008, 10:27:41 PM

time machine would do the trick, no?

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html

JerseyShoreM3 · Tue, Dec-30-2008, 11:01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by castaway

time machine would do the trick, no?

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. I think you could also do Carbon Copy Cloner, I forget if that is shareware/donationware or free. I stick with Time Machine for the ease.

I just got a 320gb Seagate Free Agent external HD. Set up 2 partitions, 1 for Time Machine backups and 1 for everything else.

frw73 · Wed, Dec-31-2008, 01:46:29 AM

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Originally Posted by castaway

time machine would do the trick, no?

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html

In the ideal world, yes, but in practice it is far from foolproof. There are many google-able threads on this problem. In the early days after I got my MacBook I mistakenly deleted the MacOSX partition when trying to install Windows XP under Boot Camp. The Time Machine restore (albeit from a NAS over wired gigabit ethernet) was very slow and, worse, incomplete. If you think that Time Capsule / Time Machine is sufficient to fully restore all settings, programs, permissions etc. then I think you will be quite surprised, and not in a good way.

Unless I was doing something wrong. I am new to Mac after all, but TM was certainly NOT the be-all-and-end-all that I thought it was going to be.

KILO15 · Wed, Dec-31-2008, 04:57:41 AM

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Originally Posted by frw73

In the ideal world, yes, but in practice it is far from foolproof. There are many google-able threads on this problem. In the early days after I got my MacBook I mistakenly deleted the MacOSX partition when trying to install Windows XP under Boot Camp. The Time Machine restore (albeit from a NAS over wired gigabit ethernet) was very slow and, worse, incomplete. If you think that Time Capsule / Time Machine is sufficient to fully restore all settings, programs, permissions etc. then I think you will be quite surprised, and not in a good way.

Unless I was doing something wrong. I am new to Mac after all, but TM was certainly NOT the be-all-and-end-all that I thought it was going to be.

something must have gone wrong. I've used TM to restore three times and 4 times on my buddies...Never a problem. Just need to wait about 2 hours for the full restore. But everything was there.

Did you use the OSX DVD when restoring?

tectonic · Tue, Dec-30-2008, 10:57:22 PM

I'm on tiger

SteDevote · Tue, Dec-30-2008, 11:45:00 PM

Kilo15 ftw

Cuban///M3 · Wed, Dec-31-2008, 12:41:17 AM

carbon copy cloner(free) will do it for ya or SuperDuper, but i dont think its free.

not meaning to hijack your thread but have any of you mac users found a good mobile converter for a macbook?

KILO15 · Wed, Dec-31-2008, 12:50:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Cuban///M3

carbon copy cloner(free) will do it for ya or SuperDuper, but i dont think its free.

not meaning to hijack your thread but have any of you mac users found a good mobile converter for a macbook?

That'll do her. And then get leopard.

What do you mean by Mobile converter?

Cuban///M3 · Wed, Dec-31-2008, 01:25:38 AM

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Originally Posted by KILO15

That'll do her. And then get leopard.

What do you mean by Mobile converter?

inverter i mean

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