[rescue] Mac Backups

[Mick Sheppard]

On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 10:12  am, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> Big Endian wrote:
>
>>> OK, so if I have a Mac with irriplaceble drivers and/or applications
>>> on it, how should I back things up?  Just archive the application
>>> folder and system folder?
>>
>> Yes.  Its so easy its almost counterintuitive.  Put a second hdd on
>> there, drag and drop, you're done.
>
> NO!!!!!! This will screw things up like you never would believe. The
> preferences for each installed package are installed in a directory
> (folder) called preferences under the system directory. Ok, got it so 
> far?
>
>

Hmmmm. Funny but this has worked for me for the 7-8 years, up until OS X 
that is.

I've even backed up to another drive in this manner and booted from it. 
No problem.

Mick Sheppard