New TM user: initial back-up plan
Hi. I’m going to be using TM for the first time to back up my son’s Digital Performer music project files. He keeps all of these files, which are very large, on a 1Tbyte internal drive called “Projects,” which is separate from his main Mac HD. My plan is to use TM to back up “Projects” to a 2 Tbyte external hard drive, excluding the main hard drive and all the other back-up drives he’s using. My thinking here is that TM requires a lot of space and that the less I’m backing up the better. I should also mention that both the main HD and “Projects” are regularly backed up to other external hard drives using Super Duper. My questions are: 1) is this doable—that is, can I exclude all the other drives, including the main HD and 2) does this seem like the best back-up plan or would there be some advantage in including the main HD in the back up. Thanks for any advice on this, and my apologies if this has been already covered in this forum.
Yes, that's "doable." See #10 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), if you're not sure how to exclude things.
Whether it's the best strategy isn't a simple question, though.
Usually, folks back up their OSX drive, and perhaps others, with Time Machine, and back up others with a different app, such as CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, run much less often.
It depends partly on how often things on various drives change, and how important it is to have hourly backups.
For example, your OSX drive usually has lots of changes; preferences, browser history and bookmarks, email, and things like documents you're actively working on. There, the hourly backups mean if you accidentally change or delete the wrong file (such as "Save" instead of "Save As"), or something suddenly turns up corrupted, you have a good chance of finding one or more recent versions in your backups.
Things that don't change too often, or where the intermediate versions aren't important, you may not want to back up all that often, and maybe not even worry about prior versions. (CCC can keep prior versions; I don't know if SD can.)
When calculating space requirements for Time Machine, what's important is the amount of data it's backing-up, not necessarily the total capacity of the drive(s), but do allow for growth. Second most important is how often large things change. Thus you may have room on the 2 TB drive to keep backups of both the internal HD and the external for many months.
I suspect you've got it covered, but I always recommend keeping secondary backups. See #27 in the FAQ for some suggestions.
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During the initial set up of my father's iPhone, should I have created/entered his own unique Apple ID on screen #7 instead of entering my mother's Apple ID? (and then on his phone AFTER setup was complete, changing to my mother's Apple ID under Settings>Store so that all purchases are shared)?
Yes. Create his own apple id and sign him in. then tap settings ->store -> tap on the account name -> sign out.
Then sign in your fathers apple id. (create your fathers apple id on the computer, its much easier, trust me).
If yes, do I need to restore his phone to factory settings and set it up as a new phone so his phone behaves like his and not a clone of hers?##
No. Tap settings -> icloud, and turn everything off (keep on the phone option). Then DELETE ACCOUNT (it's got red around it and at the bottom of the screen if you scroll down). You cannot sign out of iCloud, you can only delete the account. Then clean up the contacts and information on the phone.
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From that point you are fine except for iMessage.
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Have I missed some comprehensive post that clarifies the best way to set things up for families new to iPhones, or do needs vary so much that no single best way exists?
Not that I've seen, will consider creating one if I have time.
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This will allow each person to serpate iClouds without interfering with each others Cloud as you set up new devices.
Or can I customize each individual phone after the fact in Settings>Whatever so that even if I've entered the same Apple ID on Screen #7 during initial new phone setup, the 4 phones will ultimately be set up correctly?
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QUESTIONS
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Re: Mac Pro's (early 2008) Back up plan towards a possible OS upgrade to Yosemite in response to Juan Huerta
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OK, is that an option I'll be prompted to by the OS or do I have to "tell" that to...Disk Utilities (?)
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Test a clone be trying to boot the computer from it.
Any bootable drive in any bay can be used to boot the computer. Use Startup Drive preferences to set the desired boot volume.
Erase the target and try again.
But if the computer fails to start because I didn't create a good copy, how do I go back? Keyboard shortcuts? I keep reading that a wired keyboard must be used...and that's scary. If that's true, could I hook up any of my Windows based keyboards via USB?
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Or would it be best to back the data I really need from the old PC onto an external HD and then copy it over to the new Mac from the external HD?
Looking for advice on how to best go about this. On the old PC I had multiple profiles and it was awkward. On the new Mac I just want a single profile for the primary user and both users will just share the same user profile. I wasn't sure if the Migration Assistant only let you recreate entire profiles or if there was a way to just import data from the old PC's primary profile into the new Mac's new primary profile with some setting adjustment.
Data would be docs, pics, bookmarks, music. Fairly basic.
Thanks for any and all advice,
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Brand new Mac user with a brand new Mac problem!
Hi Everyone --
I am a brand new Mac user... I've only had my MacBook Pro 13" for three days. My Mac has been continuously freezing while I use it. When it freezes I only have safari running so I know its not from application "overload". Once frozen, I cannot move the mouse, "esc" or use any commands. Essentially my only option is to force it to shut down by holding the power buttong down. Please let me know if anyone has any idea how to fix this! With school coming up I cannot afford for my computer to be freezing every 20 minutes!
Thanks in advance.
-RachelWell... I'd still take it back - let them know that you received it as a gift three days ago. They may still replace it for you or they may take it in for repair. Just be nice and explain that you don't expect a new MBP to function as it is (or malfunction) and let them, at least, run diagnostics on it. As it's so new, there may be something simple that they can fix as you wait. Did your boyfriend already register the machine with Apple or did you? They may take the registration date into account...
But I'd take it to the Apple Store, regardless...
Clinton -
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