How to Format your external to backup your mac
Learn How easy it is to Format (set-up) your external harddrive to start backuping your mac: Open Disk Utility.( Inside Applictaions folder- is Utilitis folder- open to find Disk Utility) The disk utility window looks like this: Select your backup drive from the list on left( mine is the orange one)and click the “Partition” tab.
mac essentials
when apple refers to keyboard shortcuts and shows you them using symbols like this: or do you feel lost? not anymore: unlock the kingdom of Key Strokes …see the handy little chart below – a “key” to modifier key symbols you can see in Mac OS X menus: