Re: Getting ready for Snow Leopard

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Howell
Mike, your not going to be able to back things up that way on a DVD using Time Machine. YOu'd be better off backing up the data you absolutely can't live without to DVD or getting an external drive, backing up your entire drive, and migrate your data back over. On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:09 PM,

Re: Getting ready for Snow Leopard

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Could you just exclude your applications folder from the Time Machine backup? System Preferences -> Time Machine -> Options then navigate to the Add item to "Do not backup" list button which will pop a file picker to add folders you don't want backed up. CB Mike wrote: > Hi all: > > As I'm ge

Getting ready for Snow Leopard

2009-08-27 Thread Mike
Hi all: As I'm getting ready for the new Cat, LOL I'd like to backup my music, photos and documents. I've already created an apps CD. Can I configure Time Machine to backup my stuff minus the apps, burn that backupped image, or what ever OS10.5 creates, on to a couple of DVDs and restore once I d