Making an Offsite Backup Using Time Machine

April 28, 2009

in computer hardware,data storage and recovery,Macintosh

by James Turner

Let’s face it, bad things happen. Houses burn down. Rivers overflow into basements. Viruses wipe your hard drive. In any case, losing your data can be a painful, costly, time consuming nightmare. Luckily, if you own a Mac, there’s a fairly inexpensive way to get your data out of your house before something bad erases it from the face of the earth.
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Booting Up With Apple’s Boot Camp

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Just because you have a Mac doesn’t mean you can’t run Windows. One popular way to install Windows and set up a partition for the operating systems is with the help of Apple’s Boot Camp.

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Screenshots in Mac OSX

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Take screenshots using Mac OS by pressing command, shift and the 4 key. Then, locate the numbered screenshots on the desktop, where your Macintosh has automatically saved them.

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A Quick Look at Apple’s Quick Look Technology

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Quick Look is a cool feature in Apple’s OS X 10.5 that allows Mac users to preview almost any file type with a single key command. Quick Look doesn’t open the files, but rather brings up a window (usually in the Finder) so you view them, or, in the case of MP3s and videos, play them.

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Changing What Program Opens a File by Default in OS X

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You don’t have to go through several steps to open the file of your choice, when Mac OS X allows you to simply right-click on a file and open the Get Info dialog box to access the “Open With” options.

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Two OS X Apps Every Mac User Needs

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1Password and Quicksilver are two apps that will make your experience with Mac OS X better than ever. 1Password is a secure way to keep track of your logins.

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Change Your Default Mail Client in OS X

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In Macintosh’s OS X, the default email client (Apple Mail) is perfectly serviceable, but if you prefer another mail client such as Thunderbird or Entourage, it can be set up, although the process may seem a little frustrating at first.

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Ordering Prints with Apple’s iPhoto

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It’s simple to order prints of your photos from iPhoto. The convenient Apple service, which integrates with Kodak’s Print Service, even wants you if your image’s resolution is too low for quality prints – something that may happen with certain iPhone shots.

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Disabling Sleep Mode in OS X

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Its best to let your Mac go into sleep mode when you’re not using it, so it doesn’t generate too much heat or use too much power. But if you do want to disable sleep mode, it’s an option in OS X System Preferences.

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Launching an URL When the Computer Thinks It Is Text

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If your Macintosh thinks a URL is text, you can prompt the computer to “Open URL” using the menu in the seldom-used Services menu.

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