Don't forget to backup before you update

Here's a really useful knowledge base article on the best practice process for backing up your applications, events, and projects before updating FCP.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5550

Thanks for posting this and reminding us Owen!

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  • DO THIS!  Before you update!

    Want a trouble free 10.4.7 update? Then do ALL of the following 7 steps. Sure, its a few extra steps, but certainly worth the trouble.
    Here the list:
    1. backup your data and/or clone your drive.
    2. Repair permissions. (before and after update)
    3. Use a utility like ONYX to clean your system caches.
    4. Use a utility like Disk Warrior to verify and/or rebuild your directory.
    5. Download the Combo updater (do not use Software Update)
    6. Unplug all Firewire and USB drives and devices from computer
    7. Run installer
    I ALWAYS do all of the above before an OS update and I've never had a single problem.
    Most of the time (not always,) when people are blaming Apple for problematic updates, they should be blaming themselves for not maintaining and backing up their systems properly. An OS update on top of a system with directory errors is the number one reason for erratic behavior. Disk Utility costs $100, but it takes care of directory errors. Be safe not sorry.
    Powermac G4 dual 1.25, 2gb Ram, 17 + 20 inch Apple display   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    Here's the long version I posted elsewhere:
    Every time an update is released, ton's of people claim it broke their system.
    And, I've never had a single update mess up my computer since OS 8.1.
    I just today installed the 10.4.7 update on two different machines, and both are still running as good as they were before (and actually slightly improved).
    There are several things that everyone should do before installing a major update like this.
    First, and foremost, if there is anything even remotely wrong in your existing installation, updating is going to cause them to show up. So, even if you are not aware of an existing problem, updating will bring it out of hiding.
    So, That brings us to the first point.
    1) Make sure everything is definitely 100% perfect before you update. It will not help if anything is wrong before you get started (even if symptoms are not present, problems can be hiding somewhere).
    So, fix any potential problems before you update
    2) Repair Permissions immediately before updating. This can spare you a ton of trouble.
    3) Disconnect any external accessories (FireWire & USB drives, Cameras, Graphics Tablets, etc.).
    4) Check your disk hard drive for errors. Boot up from your restore CD and Check your disk for errors using Disk Utility. Use repair if any are found.
    5) Reboot your system before installing any updates. Do not install updates while you have any programs open, or on a system that you have been using. Always reboot immediately before installing an update. This way you know that all your programs are 100% for sure closed.
    6) Disable any anti-virus program you have installed. This will ensure that your anti-virus system does not block your update from being installed properly (if it saw the activity as a potential virus attack).
    7) Never install a major update without backing up your entire hard drive to another bootable drive (such as an external FireWire hard drive). I did this twice before this update (once on each system). It only takes about a half-hour to an hour. It will save you a lot of problems later if something goes wrong.
    If you have a backup, and something goes wrong, you just restore from your backup, and you're right back to where you were before the update.
    Every single company will tell you to backup before you install an update. It's right there in the warning that you must click past (you just have to read it).
    That brings us to the next one:
    8) Actually take the time to read that license agreement and warning that comes up on the screen before you actually install the update. Yes, it may be 10 pages long, but it's going to tell you about things you should know before you install.
    9) For OS updates, choose the "Combo" version when you have a choice (you'll need to go to Apple's website to download it).
    The Delta version only updates files that have changed since the immediately prior release.
    The software update version replaces even less than the "Delta" version. It only downloads the specific updates you need to go from your updated version of the current OS to the next one.
    The "Combo" version replaces all the files that have changed since the major release (10.4.0).
    So, with the Combo update, you will often have better success since your corrupted system files are most likely to be replaced.
    The Combo update is basically almost like a fresh install that keeps your settings in-tact.
    The Delta update is more like a band-aid that applies the changes.
    So, go for the Combo update.
    10) After you install the update, and the system is back up and running, reboot and start up again. This clears out anything that may be left in memory from the installer (even if you just rebooted to complete the installation, reboot again).
    11) Reset the PRAM after installing a major update. This never hurts, and can clear out any small bugs stored in your settings.
    12) Don't forget to repair permissions again after the update. You can never do this too frequently. Do it often, and you'll save yourself some trouble.
    Hope this helps those of you who have not yet performed your upgrade (and those of you who will install future upgrades).
    These basic preparations steps will save you down-time. And, an hour or so of preparation to save 2 or more days of down-time is definitely a fair trade.
    Hope this helps. Good luck all.

  • HT5957 Do I need an iCloud backup before I update my iPhone

    I need confirmation if I need to have a iCloud backup before I update my software

    A backup is strongly encouraged AT ALL TIMES.    You drop the iPhone, lose it, it's stolen, you get a new phone - you need that backup.  It dies for no apparent reason at all - you need that backup. You forget a password and need to restore it - you need that backup.
    Turkeys are not just for Christmas, and backups are not just for iOS updates.

  • How do i retrieve my previous backups after you updated to new itunes

    Hi so i just updated to the new ios5, and after it was done syncing and everything, i got everything back except for my contacts, notes, texts, and camera roll photos. I'm guessing it is because I updated my itunes also to the new 10.5 so it might have erased all my previous back ups.
    I was looking for a way to get the old backups back and use that to retreive my old camera roll photos and contacts but, i couldn't find where the previous backups were. I tried using the way it showed on Apple where it said to look in application data, but when I looked, it did not say Apple computer after I double clicked on the application data icon it said microsoft instead which lead to nowhere. So can someone please help me locate where the previous backup files are?
    Thanks

    No backup? Never a good idea to not maintain a backup of your important data. If you do not have a backup, follow these instructions:
    By design, the iphone will sync itunes content with one computer at a time. Any attempt to sync such content with a second computer will result in ALL itunes content being first erased from your phone & then replaced with the content from the second computer. This is a design feature and cannot be overridden. Because you formatted your computer, your phone, will see your computer as a "new" computer. The itunes content sync is one way: computer to phone. If you have photos that were synced to your phone or music ripped on your own that were not backed up, you will first have to extract them from your phone using third party software, before you do anything else:
    http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php
    Once you've done that, do the following in the order specified:
    1. Disable auto sync when an ipod/iphone is connected under preferences in itunes(under the edit menu).
    2. Make sure you have one contact & one event in whatever supported applications you use for contact & calendar syncing. These entries can be fake, doesn't matter, the important point is that these programs not be empty.
    3. Connect your phone, itunes running, do not sync at this point.
    4. Store>Authorize this computer.
    5. File>Transfer Purchases(To make sure all purchased content on your phone will be in your itunes library).
    6. Right click in the device pane & select reset warnings.
    7. Right click again and select backup.
    8. Right click again & select restore from backup, select the backup you just made. When prompted to create another backup, decline.
    9. This MUST be followed by a sync to restore your itunes content, which you select from the various tabs, You'll get a popup regarding your contacts & calendars asking to merge or replace, select merge.
    That's as good as it gets without a backup of your itunes library and other important data..

  • Before you update, back up or copy important content

    Not really a question but advice. Many people are losing text messages, photos, notes. In theory when you update it should create a backup and restore from backup. I backed mine up on Monday and again yesterday, but when it updated it used the Monday backup instead and any texts, notes or photos since Monday were lost. 
    If you have important photos it would be a good idea to or save them on your computer before updating.  Same with important notes and contacts too.  Some people are losing everything. 

    If 6 won't install/run but is required to purchase music then some of us with only one computer will have a problem.
    No, no, no! You've stated the issue almost backwards. If you have only one computer that you use to purchase music then there is really no problem.
    iTunes 6 is not required to purchase music but if you update to iTunes 6 on any one of your computers (note plural) that you use to purchase music then all of the remaining computers that you use to purchase music must also be updated to iTunes 6.
    Thus, you can't purchase music with iTunes 6 and then switch to another computer that is running iTunes 5 and purchase additional music from the second computer that is still running iTunes 5.
    Whether you can install or run iTunes 6 on your existing computer is a completely different issue. If your system is not on the recommended list then you just stay with the version of iTunes that you currently have. No big problem, you just don't get the update but the iTunes store will continue to work for you as it has in the past (but you won't get the new video features).

  • Read This BEFORE you update to iWeb '08

    iWeb '08 introduces a lot of features that we've all been waiting for but, before you jump right in there, you should realize a lot of people are losing their original websites.
    When you first launch iWeb '08 and upload an existing website it converts your domain.sites file to domain.sites2 file. Due to bugs in this software release, these converted files seem to be corrupted in various ways.
    Once your domain.sites file has been converted there is no way back.
    You MUST back them up.
    If you want to continue working on your old sites you will have to retain your copy of iWeb '06. When you update to iWeb '08 your original application is replaced so, if you have not run the update, move your old iWeb application out of the "Applications" folder.
    If you have already uploaded the new version and still have your iLife '06 disk then you are OK as long as you have made a "safe" backup of your original domain.sites file(s).
    For more information on this subject go to
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1079315&tstart=0

    This is the only info available at MacFixIt...
    http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070809114610523
    Thursday, August 09 2007 @ 11:30 AM PDT
    iWeb '08 Calamity: Lost site content, crashes, significantly increased resource usage, more
    Backup your Domain files Make a copy of this file -- located in ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain -- before attempting to update to or use iWeb '08. The program is causing serious issues for a number of readers (as discussed below), and may delete or make inoperable parts of your stored Web site(s). Saving this file can mean the difference between losing or maintaining your current site data.
    Missing site elements including photo galleries The most dire issue users are experiencing after updating to iWeb '08 is the sudden disappearance of various site elements, particularly photo galleries. Many users have reported that entire swaths of their sites are completely missing after launching the update and attempting to work with their pre-existing site(s) file.
    Crashes A surprisingly high number of users are reporting repeated crashes after updating to iWeb '08.
    Ironically, it appears that many of the crashes can be resolved by removing the file ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain. In essence, it looks like iWeb '08 is choking on the sites file created by older versions of iWeb. So move this file to a separate location, and try launching iWeb '08 again.
    Increased resource usage/slowness Users are reporting that the new version of iWeb uses significantly more memory and processor time than its predecessor.

  • Why doesnt my iphone 4 want to backup before i update my IOS?

    it's showing (error -5000), how can i back up content before updating my IOS?
    my iphone's IOS has never been updated.

    When you update data is erased during the reset. Itunes wants to back up, so it can then put on all your data back on to your phone

  • Taking  USOBX  tables backup before Su25 update

    Hi All,
    Can anyone help me out how to take backup of tables in mycase USOBX * TABLES before updating through SU25.

    >
    Auke Visser wrote:
    > You should not upload these tables. the download should only be used as comparison. any mistakes you find will have to be manually reapplied via SU24, and i doubt there will be much to reapply.
    In the majority of situations I agree.  In the unlikely event of it getting hosed then it would be an option, but it would have to be completely wrecked to even consider it.  D/L the tables "just in case" is a reasonable step to take when doing stuff like this & it keeps your options open.

  • Backup before you do anything in iLife08

    iWeb 08 is to me very disappointing. The state of this app does not warrant a beta status let alone a shipping app. If you like to try it out make sure you back up both your domain file (user/library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain) as well as your iDisk (/Web/Sites/iWeb).
    But I would recommend to wait until the next update. When iPhoto was updated the very same day it came out, I thought this was going to be a lemon...
    I love the iLife Suite, so I hope Apple fixes this asap, this should NOT have been shipped.

    Since I posted my intial comment, I have been sucessful in converting and uploading my iWeb 06 website to iWeb 08. There were a few crashes and deleting of pics and content of my website but thanks to backups I could always revert to the previous state quite easily. Here's how I did it:
    First I've made a duplicate of the site, then I've deleted the .Mac info since iWeb 08 was always crashing on startup while it tried to contact .Mac.
    1.) I've follwed the steps in this knowledgebase article:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303306
    That let iWeb start up and convert the website to iWeb 08. I have afterwards also always started iWeb by doubleclicking on the domain file and NOT via starting iWeb first and then selecting a domain file. I'm not sure if that actually helped but it did indeed work.
    After each step I saved and quit iWeb to make another backup of my domain file (Ctrl-click and then "Duplicate").
    2.) I have now checked the layout on every single page, some pages lost their theme association, so I had to reselect that theme. Also some page layout needed to be adjusted since now page elements are of a different size or placed differently. Again, save, quit, backup.
    Do not rename the resulting Domain.sites2 file, this seems to mess with the way iWeb handles the internal organisation of the domain file. I gave it a more meaningful name but it destroyed my website completely and shrunk the website from 500MB so something like 3MB... Good thing I had that backup... Do the last step again and save, quit, backup.
    3.) Upload the new website. Do not interrut this process! Wait until the "Your website has been published" dialogue comes up. Now all pages should be "blue". Save, quit, backup.
    I could now access my new site online. Important I guess until now is that I have not yet changed any content from or added new functionality.
    Now I've added a webgallery and it seems to be working ok. Knock on wood...
    Hope this helps!

  • What does the alert "you have purchase that have not been transfered to your itunes that need to be before you update" mean and how do you do that?

    how do you transfer material and is it important?

    Make sure all content is transferred and device is backed up.
    Transfer purchases
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
    How to backup
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

  • What can I do to recover data from my iPhone 4s? The phone fail to come on again after the installation of the new iOS8. The phone is locked and I didn't make any backup before the updating installation. Inside I have very important info.

    I Have problems with my iPhone 4s after the installation of the new iOS8, the phone doesn't want to switch on again. I need to recover some important data that I have inside the phone.

    Ralph Landry1 wrote:
    There isn't anything you can do to recover contents from iPhone 4s if you cannot get the iPhone to startup.  Connect it to a wall outlet so you have a solid power source, then do a reboot by holding both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears, ignoring the red slider if that appears.  If the iPhone still will not startup, the next options to try will automatically erase your iPhone all of its contents.
    The next step is to do a restore via the recovery mode as described in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808 but again note that this erases the iPhone.
    Thank you Landry, it is really a good experience to solve problem of iPhone Data Recovery!

  • Don't forget refurb site if you dislike the Fatty Nano...

    For those (like me) unhappy with the "fatty nano", the refurb section of the Apple Store has 2G nanos for $100/130/170 for 2/4/8Gb. Obviously a limited selection, so probably best to buy now rather than later...

    Ya the refurb store is a good place to pick up some nice deals. I bought my daughters 30GB video iPod there about a year back, got a great price, iPod looked brand new, and it is still working perfectly.
    Patrick

  • HT4623 My IPad won't update.  Been trying for 2 days.  A msg says am error occurred.  I delete some things I don't use and still won't update.  What is wrong

    Mmy Idad says an error occurred and it won't update.  What can I do to fix this?

    Try update using iTune (computer)
    Backup before you update.

  • HT4623 Why on earth don't you tell people to back up contacts and photos before they update software? There was no mention of the need to back up until it was too late. I have lost hundreds of valuable phone numbers and photographs.

    Why on earth don't you tell people to back up contacts and photos before they update software? There was no mention of the need to back up until it was too late. I have lost hundreds of valuable phone numbers and photographs.

    The update process DOES back up contacts and photos, unless you interrupted the backup. The manual tells you to sync contacts to an app on your computer, and to import photos regularly to your computer. So Apple DID tell you to back up, you just didn't bother to read it.
    If you didn't sync yet (and even if you did) connect the phone to your computer, right click on its name, and choose "Restore from Backup". If there's more than one backup choose the one with a timestamp before you updated.

  • HT1766 Do you have to back up to iTunes if you have backed up it up to iCloud before I update my phone

    Do you have to back up to iTunes if you have backed up it up to iCloud before I update my phone

    Jjt601 wrote:
    Do you have to back up to iTunes if you have backed up it up to iCloud before I update my phone
    No, but you should sync it to iTunes before you update it.
    Also, see this -> iCloud: Backup and restore overview

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