Friday, September 14, 2007

Not sure what kind of beta testing Apple did with the iLife components but it does not sound like very much was done to preserve old data and insure ease of upgrade. I'm going to make this really clear back up your hard drive before updating and installing new products. That's right even Apple products. If you value your data at $150.00 then buy a FireWire hard drive and back it up. Cloning from your computer to a Mac formatted hard drive will take several hours but is worth every minute of the time. Use Carbon Copy Cloner, or SuperDuper Clone it all not just the data, clone everything. Then if your upgrade goes south clone it back. I use the paid version of SuperDuper for my clones the basic version is free http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ paid version $27.95 has more advanced features. CCC is http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html and is donation-ware. There are several other back-up products but these are two I use all the time. 3:34:10 PM    comment []

Apple quietly upgraded the Airport Extreme to Gigabit Ethernet ports so you get a little more for the money there. Most people will not notice the difference but you need to check and see which one your buying if it affects you. Their older model should be cheaper due to the fact it's no longer the current shipping model. 3:32:17 PM    comment []