Backup

The Applications problem in your previous posts? Considering you have already tried everything up to repairing permissions .... Make a backup of all files you want to keep from the system (such as home folder and all documents), and make a clean install of 10.2 (or 10.3).

I've come across a web page that lists rather a lot of useful utilities: http://coolosxapps.net/ I'm having a look through the site, but some of the things that have caught my attention (but I have not yet used, and so cannot vouch for them...) include: Integrity Protection

Thanks for that info scott im very new to this. Basically like I said I want to create a complete copy of my osx hd as it is now so If I need to re-Install i can return to how it is now. With the rsync command what kind of fiile gets copied to the external drive? and how is it re-loaded back to the system if I need to restore? Also is it possible to back this file up in...

ps and it works good. It provides some of the facilities of rsync but is also more limited than rsync, but does take care of making your drives bootable once the backup is complete. ...

You will find all user names in that map. So you can also make a selective backup for specific users. ...

rsync -av /User/Joe/iTunes/ /Volumes/ExternalDrive/Backup/iTunes You can add things like --delete to it and what not, but best to start with just that command until your comfortable. The trailing slash is important detail you should understand on rsync.

Archive and install, and import the data from the previous systems folder, or if you can, backup all user files and do a clean install. ...

Receipts from the backup to the present boot volume..... ...

I am trying to create a .dmg backup image of my BootCamp Windows partition using Disk Utility. ...

shape. Yes, you will "lose" all that history, in the sense that you will have to open a backup to consult the stuff. ...