Mac OS X 10.5 Help
Backing up your computer
Your photos, music, documents, and software are important. The best way to protect them is to frequently back up all the files on your computer. There are several easy ways to do this.
Using Time Machine
Time Machine lets you back up and preserve everything on your computer, including your photos, music, movies, and documents.
After you set up Time Machine, it regularly backs up your computer without any more effort on your part.
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About Time Machine
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Setting up and adjusting Time Machine
Using an iDisk
If you’re a .Mac member, you can use the Backup utility to copy specified files to your iDisk. If you prefer, Backup can also copy files to CDs or DVDs.
For more information, see the .Mac website.
Copying files onto a CD or DVD
Another method for backing up is to create a burn folder that contains all your important files. Whenever you want to back up the latest versions of those files, simply open that burn folder and click Burn.
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Creating a burn folder
Copying files onto another disk
If you have a second hard disk, you can back up files by copying them from one disk to the other.
Using Disk Utility
If you need to back up more files than can fit on a single CD or DVD, you can use Disk Utility to create a compressed disk image of the files.
To compress a file or folder before copying it to a backup disk, select it and then choose File > Compress.
If your hard disk is divided into partitions, you can back up files from one partition to another. This solution is not as safe as other options because your backup may be lost along with the original files if your hard disk is damaged.
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