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In the Mac side of things, backups usually come in two flavors: clones or incrementals.
A bootable clone is a bit-for-bit copy of all essential files in the startup volume. If using the Lions, clones can be made using CarbonCopyCloner or just plain old Disk Utility. These backups represent the safest protection of your info, but take the longest to do. Recovery is an inverse process: you copy the clone back into the internal drive.
Incremental backups start with a complete backup of the startup volume and only copy whatever changed from the previous run. OS X includes the fully integrated Time Machine backup utility to do this. It is extremely easy to do and takes the least amount of time. Recovery is another matter altogether since you have to start with a freshly installed instance of the OS and have to apply all intervening backups to bring the result to the latest saved version.
As for where the backup takes place, the recommended media is an external dedicated drive or drives connected via the fastest interface available on your Mac: Thunderbolt, USB3, Firewire, or USB2. Network-based backups, wired or wireless, are attractive but may not offer the same performance and hence take longer. Also important to note that the entire drive need not be completely dedicated to a single backup. The Mac's EFI firmware infrastructure allows for an unlimited number of partitions on a hard drive and each can be used for either type of backups.
Holler if you need specifics on how to do each. This was just an executive summary.

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In addition to what Ken said, I would suggest that you give Edge Animate a shot as well.
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We're not Apple here, just your fellow users. And you can look this all up yourself:
http://store.apple.com/uk
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/
A price of $199 would be in the US and would be subsidized by the cell carrier, requiring a two-year contract with them.
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n+=Number(s.substr(i,1))<<(s.length-1-i)
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function decimalToBinary(n:Number):String{
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clear_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clearField);
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kilometres_txt.text ="";
milesAnswer_txt.text ="";
kilometreConvert_txt.text ="";
binary_txt.text ="";
decimal_txt.text ="";

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I have a old iPad and would like to know why I cannot get Skype to work.I can get it to ring the number but when the person answers they can't here me why is this.

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I just bought a used XP Home Edition software program that has been installed before. I have the Product Key and installation disc. Will I be able to install it on my own computer? Or, is this software (purchased retail) a one time install? Please advise.

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