Draft:File backup - Mac Flash or External Drive Backup
Overview
If your laptop failed right now, could you restore all of your important files and information on your new laptop within an hour? It is absolutely essential that you back up important information from your laptop to external(hard drive), CDs or DVDs, and/or web storage. Your laptop can be lost, stolen, dropped, spilled on, or otherwise rendered unusable at any time. Its hard drive can fail without warning, making it impossible to access any of its data. If the only copy of your important intellectual property, hard work, and creative effort is on your laptop, you are running a terrible risk of losing it all forever. This prospect is disturbing enough for students, who risk losing semesters of academic work, but it is of critical importance for WSU employees who risk losing tremendous professional and institutional investments. Backing up your laptop data is an easy thing to do, there are a number of good, relatively inexpensive storage solutions available, and there is plenty of help available for both students and employees who have questions.
- Students - Contact the Digital Learning Center (457-5240 Option 1; dlc@winona.edu)
- Faculty and Staff - Contact TLT in the Professional Resource Center (457-5240 Option 3; tlt@winona.edu)
Backup Instructions
File Storage Options
- File backup (Students) - Mac CD or DVD Backup
- File backup - Mac Flash or External Drive Backup; External Hard Drive
- Backing Up Files to a Cloud Storage Network
Microsoft Office
Browser Favorites & Bookmarks
- Exporting and importing Firefox bookmarks
- Exporting and importing Safari bookmarks
- Exporting and importing Chrome bookmarks