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Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac?
Date 2017-01-13 16:59 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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References <o562pd$2kq$1@dont-email.me> <1mzsbbk.1m88y4h1qzd853N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <o59m6v$pvg$1@dont-email.me> <1mztdwq.wetz8911a7t02N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <o5b0gt$rik$1@dont-email.me>

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On 2017-01-13, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
> In article <1mztdwq.wetz8911a7t02N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>>
>>As always, make sure you have a full backup of your Snow Leopard system
>>before starting the upgrades, in case something goes wrong and you need
>>to roll back to where you started.
>
> What's the best way to make a full backup that can be restored properly?

If you have a recent Time Machine backup, that will suffice. Otherwise
(or additionally if you want more than one backup), you can use
SuperDuper to back up the startup drive to another hard drive or a disk
image, then restore from that if needed later.

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JR

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Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-11 19:58 +0000
  Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-01-11 15:11 -0500
  Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-11 15:15 -0500
    Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2017-01-12 11:36 +0000
      Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-01-12 05:11 -0700
      Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-12 10:16 -0500
        Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-01-13 11:06 +1300
          Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-13 04:48 +0000
            Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-01-14 00:06 +1300
              Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-13 16:50 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-13 11:58 -0500
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 16:59 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-13 18:12 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-01-14 10:06 +1300
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-14 01:12 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-16 20:38 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-16 21:55 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-01-16 17:29 -0500
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-01-17 12:18 +1300
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2017-01-16 23:25 -0500
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-01-17 18:25 +1300
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-02-04 21:30 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-02-06 14:04 +1300
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-17 05:55 +0000
                Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-01-14 11:35 +1100
      Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-12 22:05 +0000
  Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-11 21:14 +0000
    Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-13 05:13 +0000
      Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-01-13 18:31 +1100
      Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 15:15 +0000
        Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-13 18:11 +0000
          Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-01-14 10:06 +1300
            Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-01-13 23:43 +0000
  Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-01-12 05:32 +0000
  Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? android <here@there.was> - 2017-01-12 08:40 +0100
    Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2017-01-12 11:19 -0500
      Re: Best version of OS X for an older iMac? android <here@there.was> - 2017-01-12 19:29 +0100

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