Data Back-up

Exporting Safari Bookmarks

Start Safari. From the Bookmarks menu, select "Show All Bookmarks"the bookmarks browser window will appear.

Exporting Safari Bookmarks

From the File menu, select "Export Bookmarks..."

Exporting Safari BookmarksExport bookmarks window:–save as: Safari Bookmarks–where: Desktop–click "Save"

Exporting Firefox Bookmarks

Start Firefox. From the Bookmarks menu, select "Show All Bookmarks" the bookmarks browser window will appear.

Exporting Firefox Bookmarks

From the Library window, point and click on the Star tool, select "Export Bookmarks to HTML..."

Exporting Firefox Bookmarks

The Export Bookmarks File dialog box will appear: –Save as: Firefox bookmarks–where: Desktop–click "Save"

Backing Up All User Data

First, in your external hard drive, create a folder called "Backup" to place all of your content from your laptop.

Next, click on the Finder icon in your doc.

Backing Up All User Data

Then, on the left side of the Finder window, select your user folder (house icon labeled with your KS user name).

Backing Up All User Data

Now, drag the Desktop, Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, Public and Sites folders to your external hard drive (into the "Backup" folder).

***If you saved files in areas other than your user folder, such as "Macintosh HD", make sure those files are also backed up

Confirm Your Data Transfer

After all folders and files have been transferred over to your "Backup" folder on your external hard drive, use the "Get Info" command to compare the file size of the folders on your

computer to those on your external hard drive.

On your computer, select each folder (i.e. "Desktop", "Documents", etc.) by clicking once on the folder. Then, hold down the "control" button, click on your

folder, and choose "Get Info".

Data Restore

Restoring All User DataClick on the FINDER icon in your dock.

On the left side of the FINDER menu, select your user folder (house icon labeled with your KS user name).

Drag the Desktop, Movies, Music, Pictures, Public and Sites folders from your back-up on your external hard drive to the folder.

DO NOT DRAG AND REPLACE THE DOCUMENTS FOLDER.

If the "Do you want to replace" window appears, click the "Replace" button.

Restoring Safari BookmarksLaunch each browser (Firefox and Safari) and quit out of them.

On the left side of your Finder window, choose your Home folder (house icon) and click on the LIBRARY folder.

Drag the SAFARI folder from your external hard drive to the LIBRARY folder.

If the "Do you want to replace" window appears, click the

"Replace" button.

Restoring Firefox BookmarksOpen up Finder --> select your User Folder --> select Application

Support --> select Firefox --> select the folder that ends in ".default".

Now, locate the "bookmarks.html" file on your external hard drive and drag this file to your ".default" folder on your computer.

If the "Do you want to replace" window appears, click the "Replace" button.

Confirm Your Data Transfer

Use the "Get Info" command (command + i) to compare the file size of the folders on your computer to those on the external hard drive.

On your computer, individually select each folder (i.e. "Desktop", "Documents", etc.).

Files on external hard drive. Files on your computer.