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mspain77 - Aug 7, 2005 - 8:40 pm

is OS X 10.2 not equipped with the program to burn disks for temporary archiving purposes? i.e. I need to back up 'My Documents' and my iTunes library before I reinstall my operating system.

DeltaMac - Aug 7, 2005 - 9:06 pm

Very easy to do, unless your files won't fit on one CD.
Just put a blank CD-R in the drive, and the disk will mount on the desktop. Change the name of the disk if you want to. Drag your files to the disk, and eject the disk. The system will ask if you want to burn the disk first.

If you have a large iTunes library folder, and I have seen some with more than 80 GB of music, then even with DVDs, this will be a big challenge. An external hard drive would likely be your best solution, and then you can back up your entire drive if you want to.
If you have a tower, and can install a 2nd hard drive, then that may be even simpler.

Let me know how it goes...
- Dale

mspain77 - Aug 8, 2005 - 12:48 am

I'm learning as I go. The folder that I'm temporarily backing up is 3.9 GB. I'm using a DVD-R, but I'm doing it with 'disk copy'. It seemed to make sense given the name. It first created a "disk image" in my 'Favorites' folder with the .dmg extension. When I clicked on that file (which says it's a document), it launched a window that prompted me to write the file and confirm that it was burned. It also does stuff like "checksum the contents of the file", etc. What does all of this mean? Would it be easier and just as succesful using the finder burning option? Thanks for your timely attention to my problem.

DeltaMac - Aug 8, 2005 - 7:26 am

The checksum helps confirm that the file is written completely. A finder burn with a DVD is a slow process. A full DVD will likely take a couple of hours to finish.

- Dale