Backup

Hi, today, i got the new snow leopard and started installing it to my 20 inch imac, that was previously running OSX 10.5 (leopard). The installation was going fine when it started raining and the power went out. I was relaxed because i knew about the new power failure feature in the snow leopard installation (supposedly it should continue installing after you turn it back on...

Now you have learned the old computer lesson of always having a backup handy. I say this because if is not if a hard drive will fail, it is when it will fail. ...

It's ok if the HD is toast it didn't have anything important on it. During the boot picker I can see both the HD and the CD. I'm sure of which is which by the way. Partly because under the CD one it says "mac OSX disc 1" and under the hard drive it says the name of the hard drive.

Sounds like the HD is toast. I hope you had a backup or didn't care about the data. During the boot picker you said it showed the HD as a selection but not the CD. ...

ows server 2003 r2, so i do not have to worry about maintenance, bandwidth, power outage etc. After all power outages are quite often here in florida and a power backup system only does the job for an hour or so. And they can last much longer here, specially after thunderstorms or hurricanes. ...

Thanks, Giaguara! Ok, last question: the Apple support site says that if you're going to be using you MBP for an extended period of time on mains power you should take your battery out. How long is an extended period of time? I've just plugged in my Lacie backup drive to run a Time Machine backup, but it's not due to run for another hour and my battery percentage is...

This article will explain how to create a default user profile/template for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard & OS X 10.5 Leopard as well a quick overview of how to bind your Mac to AD (Active Directory) Why create a Default profile/template? If you a computer that multiple users log into it on a regular basis & you want all users to have an identical profile with looks, setting etc....

place editing will perform the edits on the files you specify without making backup copies, so it's dangerous in the sense that a malformed regex can permanently change the files you're working on without making backups of them. ...

The new drive worked just fine with my burned backup DVDs. There is another option that may work for you, however. There are third party drivers that may allow your drive to work properly. ...

Well just received Snow Leopard. I am preceding installing it while I backup both my Mac Pro & Mac Book Pro first before installing. Wish me luck.