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After another HDD failure (the 4th in 2 yrs), I'm going to have to take my MacBook Pro back to Apple (yay for free 3yr Apple Care).
However, in an unfortunate coincidence, my time machine HDD has *completely* died (it wasn't connected the the MBP at the time). I have all my work either DropBox'd or backed up elsewhere, but I have nothing else (e.g., iTunes, iPhone, iPad backups, Videos, etc.) anywhere.
I can single user boot the laptop, so can I presumably backup everything after mounting an external a lá:
Will that work? Or should I cp -Rp individual directories (e.g., /Users/) ? And if so, what should I backup? (other than the obvious).
Ta muchly.
However, in an unfortunate coincidence, my time machine HDD has *completely* died (it wasn't connected the the MBP at the time). I have all my work either DropBox'd or backed up elsewhere, but I have nothing else (e.g., iTunes, iPhone, iPad backups, Videos, etc.) anywhere.
I can single user boot the laptop, so can I presumably backup everything after mounting an external a lá:
Code:
sudo ditto -v * /Volumes/BackupDriveWill that work? Or should I cp -Rp individual directories (e.g., /Users/) ? And if so, what should I backup? (other than the obvious).
Ta muchly.
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