New MacBook came with too many ilife discs, what's this about? and back up?
I'm a new user, and not a computer conoseur.
So, I got my macBook with max os x and ilife , ofcourse.
Now, when I pre-ordered my mac from the Apple store, I got other applications with it, .mac, office student edition, apple care, etc.
So, when I went to pick it up, everything was in a bag ready to go. And besides all my added appliations packages, there were 3 iLife packages. ya know, the little CD size software boxes you can purchase for computers.
But, now learning that my iLife info is included in the 2 Mac OS x discs that my MacBook comes with, what are these 3 iLife packages all about? is it a mistake? All the iLife I'll ever need is already on my computer and on my 2 mac os x discs right?
and how do I start my 30 day trial iWork?
and if I want to custom install my iLife, to get rid of stuff (just learning about this from this discussion board), by MacBook guides tell me to Back up my essentials/files first. How do I do this? and is it necessary? do I have to Erase and install everything? can't I just erase some stuff, like extra languages. And if I erase some stuff, can I add it back on later? And is there any iLife applications on the discs, that don't come pre-installed with my MacBook?
and what the heck is a destiniation disc?
thanks,
pre-mature user, jgsboston
Welcome to the discussions!
All Macs come with iLife pre-installed, so if you bought for an received 3 extra boxed copies you should return those for a refund.
If you do an erase and install you will still have a copy of everything that came with your Mac on your install disks. You will be able to reinstall all that if you want to.
If you want to do this out of the box, then you do not have any data or files to backup, so don't worry. A destination disk is simply the disk that you want that data to be backed up to.
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