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Backing Up Your Computer 7. Click Next. To backup your entire Macintosh including the operating system, use the following steps: The EasyScript backup strategy window appears. You cannot run Retrospect Express under OS 9 to create 8. Choose a start time for your backups. 2 system backups of OS X. You must run Retrospect Express under OS X to back up an OS X system. 9. Click Create. 1. Open Retrospect Express A window appears asking you: 'What do you want to name your backup set?' The Retrospect Express Directory window will open. 2. Click the Automate tab. The Scripted Retrospect operations section will appear. 3. Click EasyScript. 10. Type in a memorable name, like System Backup, and click New. The Choose a Folder window will now appear. 11. Select the drive you plan to back up to (your Maxtor OneTouch II drive) and click Save. A window will appear, telling you: 'EasyScript has created and scheduled a script' The 'Welcome to EasyScript' window will appear. 4. Click Next. The Backup media page will appear. 5. Select File backup set (hard disk) and click Next. The Backup frequency page appears asking you: 'How often do you want to back up?' 6. Choose either Every day or Once a week If you chose the once a week backup option, choose the Day also. At this point, you can click Open Script to view your script and make changes, or you can simply click Done to finish. You'll learn how to make basic changes to your script later in this chapter. 12. Click Done. You now have a finished a script that will automatically backup your entire computer at the time and date you specified. All you have to do is leave your computer and your Maxtor OneTouch II drive on. We highly recommend that you run your backup manually the first time to make sure that it backs up everything you need. You'll learn how to do this in the following section. 35

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35
2
B
ac
k
i
ng Up Your Computer
To backup your entire Macintosh including the operating system,
use the following steps:
You cannot run Retrospect Express under OS 9 to create
system backups of OS X. You must run Retrospect Express
under OS X to back up an OS X system.
1.
Open
Retrospe
c
t Express
The
Retrospe
c
t Express D
i
re
c
tory
window will open.
2.
Click the
Autom
a
te
tab.
The
S
c
r
i
pted Retrospe
c
t oper
a
t
i
ons
section
will appear.
3.
Click
E
a
syS
c
r
i
pt
.
The ‘Welcome to EasyScript’ window will appear.
4.
Click
Next
.
The
B
ac
kup med
ia
page will appear.
5.
Select
F
i
le b
ac
kup set (h
a
rd d
i
sk)
and click
Next
.
The
B
ac
kup frequen
c
y
page appears asking you:
‘How often do you want to back up?’
6.
Choose either
Every d
a
y
or
On
c
e
a
week
If you chose the once a week backup option, choose the
D
a
y
also.
7.
Click
Next.
The
E
a
syS
c
r
i
pt b
ac
kup str
a
tegy
window appears.
8.
Choose a start time for your backups.
9.
Click
Cre
a
te.
A window appears asking you: ‘What do you want to name
your backup set?’
10.
Type in a memorable name, like System Backup, and click
New.
The
Choose
a
Folder
window will now appear.
11.
Select the drive you plan to back up to (your Maxtor OneTouch
II drive) and click
S
a
ve.
A window will appear, telling you: ‘EasyScript has created and
scheduled a script’
At this point, you can click
Open S
c
r
i
pt
to view your script and
make changes, or you can simply click
Done
to finish. You’ll
learn how to make basic changes to your script later in this
chapter.
12.
Click
Done.
You now have a finished a script that will automatically backup your
entire computer at the time and date you specified. All you have to
do is leave your computer and your Maxtor OneTouch II drive on.
We highly recommend that you run your backup manually the first
time to make sure that it backs up everything you need. You’ll learn
how to do this in the following section.