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Monday, April 19, 2010 at 3:31 pm Central
Preparing for Disaster: A Guide for Mac OS X Backup, Recovery, and Restoration - Part 4: Backing up your Mac OS X System
We are almost ready to use our new Mac OS X System Recovery storage device to troubleshoot and repair defects with other Macs. We need to safeguard ourselves just in case our own Mac OS X Recovery storage device decides to fail on us. To do that, we're going to make a one-to-one image of the drive.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 7:00 pm Central
Preparing for Disaster: A Guide for Mac OS X Backup, Recovery, and Restoration - Part 3: Creating a Mac OS X System Recovery Drive [Mac OS X]
Having a fully functional operating system to troubleshoot system issues is a definite time saver. Thankfully, Mac OS X makes this rather easy to accomplish, possibly saving you from trouble.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 11:09 am Central
Preparing for Disaster: A Guide for Mac OS X Backup, Recovery, and Restoration - Part 2: Creating a Mac OS X Install Drive
In the previous part of this guide, I showed you how to prepare your storage device so that it can be used to boot either a Mac OS X Installer or a fully functional Mac OS X system from that storage device. In the following guide, we'll focus on the earlier of the two: creating a Mac OS X Install Drive.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 11:57 am Central
Preparing for Disaster: A Guide for Mac OS X Backup, Recovery, and Restoration - Part 1: Preparing Your Storage Device [Mac OS X]
Having access to your Mac OS X Install DVD, a full-functioning portable Mac OS X installation, and your data while on the go is sometime every Mac tech head should have with them. In order to make this possible, you have to plan how you will have access to this data. On a single or multiple Flash Drives / SD Cards? On an external hard drive?
Planning how you want your data stored will save you a lot of headaches in the future.
Monday, April 5, 2010 at 12:45 pm Central
Preparing for Disaster: A Guide for Mac OS X Backup, Recovery, and Restoration - Introduction [Mac OS X]
The process of having to restore your computer from scratch is a very time-consuming task, whether it be because of a hard drive failure or the need to just start fresh. Loading your operating system, downloading updates, and reinstalling all your applications can turn into a day-long or longer task. With a little bit of planning and preparation, you can save yourself a lot of time.
In the following series, we'll talk about ways to make your life a little easier when it comes to restoring your computer back to working condition.
