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For me, when I was using the free "version", since that external 1 TB drive is connected to my Mac Mini via Firewire 800, it took about 35 to 40 minutes to backup that 80 gig of "stuff". Depending on the type of connection you have, this could take some time. Launch SuperDuper!, and make the backup of your stuff on the internal hard drive to the Macintosh HD Backup (or whatever you called it) partition on your external drive.
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If you don't have it, re-download it from the Apple Store (that download automatically places that file in your Applications folder) and then make a copy of it somewhere else on your internal hard drive.Ħ. Make sure that you have the file called "Install OS X Yosemite" both inside your Applications folder, and somewhere else on your internal hard drive. You'll see later the reason why you need this.ĥ. You can get it from the "top" link on this link:ĭon't worry that it says compatible with Mavericks. Download the excellent freeware program called Recovery Partition Creator. I would name it "Macintosh HD Backup", but that is up to you.Ĥ. So, make the size of that partition about 180 to 200 gig. From the picture you provided, that seems the only "visible" partition you have, and it looks like you are using 138 gig of space. I would make the size of it about 30 to 50% larger than the primary partition on your internal hard drive. Use Disk Utility to add another partition to your external hard drive.
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Install SuperDuper! onto your internal hard drive.ģ. You can get it from here:ĭon't worry about the price (unless you want to purchase it. Download the "free" version of SuperDuper!. If you want to "clean things" up, here is one possible approach:ġ. Note that I don't have Other "broken out" like you do, ie, Apps, Audio, Movies and Photos. I don't know any more about it than that.)
(.MobileBackups is something that operates separately from my normal Time Machine Backups, and something that is automatically enabled for MacBook users.
MobileBackups, so I'm not sure if that could still be this case. MobileBackups drive that autoconfigured itself on my Flash Drive around when I activated time machine, but I have since disabled. Perhaps that number is including the amount of application data backed up on my external drive, even though I don't have that drive plugged in right now? I was initially thinking that this could be due to the. I am, frankly, clueless as to why this number is displaing. I even underlined it for you (the actual number is 389.69 GB). The 400 GB of apps is simply what I read from my "About This Mac" page. The numbers don't make sense for what they're supposed to be displaying. Which is the reason that I'm so confused. The "251 GB Flash Storage" is my internal drive, and the picture that I posted is the one that you find when you go to "About This Mac". I am currently not using any method for backing up my computer other than Time Machine, which I have ONLY ever configured to back up to an external hard drive. Thank you for the fast response, honestone! (= I can tell you from direct experience that I have used this twice on my Mac Mini, and it works flawlessly! (I actually do two other things before using SuperDuper! to do the back ups). Then, it is simple manner to do a restore from that backup to the internal drive, and then one is back in business. The really "slick" thing about SuperDuper! is that it makes a bootable backup, meaning that if one has a "disaster" that occurs with the internal drive, one can boot from that bootable backup, use Disk Utility there (or any other disk/maintenance program) to 1) erase the internal drive and 2) re-format the drive. Myself, I use SuperDuper! for my backups (actually cloning), and those backups are to an external drive (actually, I do two of them to separate drives, and I do that for each of my machines). Once you answer those questions, I (and maybe others) can offer you advice. Secondly, I am confused by your statement "400 GB apparently devoted to apps on my 250 GB computer". So, first, is that accurate, ie, the Time Machine backups are being made to your internal 250 (or 251?) gig internal drive?
From what you are describing, the Time Machine backups are backing up to your internal 250 gig drive (yet the device is called "251 GB Flash Storage"). You ask an excellent question, and as usual, it typically involves two "pieces": 1) which backup/cloning program should one use? 2) better to back up to an external device.
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