Is a drag and drop copy of a home folder ok? I never get errors when I do that.
Brian O'Neal On May 1, 2004, at 9:55 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On May 1, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Carlos Nazario asked: > >> I have an iBook with a 6 gig HD that I want to back up on my LaCie 20 >> gig USB HD. Each time I try to back it up it says a couple of >> different things including that some things can't be copied. Is there >> a easy way around this? > > The way I do it is to get into the terminal and type > > sudo ditto --rsrc / > /Volumes/name_of_USB_drive/directory_where_you_want_junk_kept > > It will prompt you for your password and copy everything, assuming you > have administrative privileges. > > Some people also recommend the GUI programs > > Silverkeeper <http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/> > Carbon Copy Cloner <http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
