Backup

A possible fixed explained in the MacBook Apple discussions. I hope this helps. According to the things I have read over the internet is this Airport problem only seems to affect the latest MacBooks. Update: I also heard for some that downloading and reinstalling the revised 10.4.10 Update v1.1 has fixed the problem for some.

ize matters, of course. Any "backup system" that comes with a drive, I'd probably ignore. Get a drive that comes without one and is cheaper. There are great free backup systems around and if you upgrade to Mac OS X 10. ...

for a backup to and external (or second disk): Super Duper. Bootable DVD is not easy. For the best repair tool (that is bootable) on a Mac IMHO is DiskWarrior. This utility saved my butt more often than I care to count.

it's a bit late to start to think that you might want to keep a backup of the important data in it. ...

I have an Address Book backup on my system from a little while ago and the pics would be part of that backup, I'm sure. ...

You are trying to create a backup which includes the backup. ...

Both 'real' hard drives and flash drives have a life expectancy. Even servers have a life expectancy. For important data, it's always better when there are two backups. For instance, one of the people in my house had the external hard drive with everthing purchased from iTMS break... that was where the movies were stored, AND the backup. Would be interesting to see...

Flash drives are non-volatile memory making them pretty good storage devices (unlike RAM based memory), but their small size makes them easy to lose. That's the biggest drawback I can see: http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/windows/2006/02/03/should-i-use-a-flash-drive-as-my-primary-backup/ The other drawback would be lack of storage space (up to 4GB these days, but not a...

What are the pros and cons of using a flash drive instead of an external hard drive as a backup for documents? ...

An external FireWire 800 drive would give as much throughput as your laptop hard drive could handle... Why not just go all out and set up a RAID array with eighteen 1TB hard drives linked directly to your mobo via a fiber optic cable? Honestly, it's just a laptop, man. If you absofreakinglutely want that eSATA setup, just research what will fit and do it.