Back Up Your Computer

Has your spouse accidentally spilled on your computer? Have you ever had your hard drive crash?  Then you know how important it is to back up your computer!

Everyone should back up their computer on a regular basis.  

Click here for a short video on how to manually back up your computer to an external hard drive.

In addition to the directions on the video you may also want to back up the following items.

• Back up your Bookmarks for your Browsers

◦ To save Bookmarks in Firefox:

▪ Select Show all Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu

▪ Click on the Star menu and select backup...

▪ Save the exported file to your backup source

◦ To save Bookmarks from Safari:

▪ Select Export Bookmarks from the file menu

▪ Save the exported bookmarks to your backup source

◦ To Save Bookmarks from Chrome:

▪ Select Bookmark Manager from the Bookmarks menu

▪ Click on Organize and select Export html…

▪ Save the exported bookmarks to your backup source

• Export iCal Calendars 

Open iCal. Go to file, export, calendar archive, save to Google drive or your backup source

• Backup Address Book 

Open Address Book. Go to file, export, address book archive, save to Google drive or your backup source

• ExamView

Back up the Test and Banks folder inside the ExamView folder located in the Macintosh HD or the Applications Folder.

• Applications

Your computer will come preloaded with the standard district applications. Check your applications folder. If you have any question about a specific application please contact the AAPS help desk, 994-5040. You are responsible for any applications that you have personally installed on your computer.

• Time Machine Backup

Another method to back up your computer is to use Time Machine, the utility that is included in the operating system of your computer. This is best for an entire restore of your computer if needed. To use Time Machine, you can find directions on Apple's website here. These directions are for Yosemite, Apple's newest operating system, but it works the same for Mavericks, the system on your computer.