Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you have a cloned backup, and your drive is healthy as per the utilities, that's not necessary. At 5:42 PM -0700 8/26/09, Adam Bridge wrote: >If you can, I recommend moving your user accounts to a separate drive. this >isolates all your crucial user data from the OS system drive. In Leopard >(and Snow Leopard) it's straightforward although you need to use the command >line "ditto" command to do the move. Once your own data is isolated from the >system disk it's a whole lot nicer to make OS changes. Having a separate >clone of your system disk allows for the old OS to simply be rolled in or >out as needed. >Adam > >On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Henning Wulff ><henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: > >> Just a general reminder: >> >> Make sure a full backup on an external drive is up-to-date. >> Run Diskwarrior or similar directory analyzing/repair software. >> Run applejack or similar to clean caches, fix permissions etc. >> Update computer. >> >> --no worry, no pain-- >> >> If some drivers or other software that is essential doesn't work or cause >> sproblems, you can immediately boot from the external and be running >> again. >> >> Otherwise, you're home free. >> >> -- -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com