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 * School file Server -**

**Click on desktop** Under Go choose Connect to Server If you are home use the Server Address below If you are at school use - 10.2.1.60

Username: first initial last name Password: First name

**To Find All Your Documents, etc** Open a New Finder Window (click on the Finder icon on your dock or up under File choose New Finder Window)

**Desktop** - everything on your Desktop

** **Documents** - The backup process will be easier if you keep all your documents in the Documents folder. If you have documents saved on your desktop, you can organize them in folders and put all the folders in your documents folder.

**Photos** - All your photos are saved in your **iPhoto Library in your Pictures folder.** (your PhotoBooth pictures are saved in a folder in the Pictures folder.) **Browser Bookmarks - Safari and Firefox** - If you have saved favorite web sites as bookmarks in Safari or Firefox, you will have to export those bookmarks

**Safari** - Under File - choose export bookmarks **Firefox** - - Under Bookmarks - choose Organize bookmarks - choose Import and Backup or Choose Backup under the - see below - save to desktop. Then drag to wherever you are saving to.



An alternative is to use a web-based bookmark collection tool for all your bookmarks so they are available to you from any machine that has internet access and you never have to worry about losing them. Below are some possible sites for saving your bookmarks: [|__portaportal home__] [|__del.icio.us__] __(Social bookmarking)__

**iCal Calendar** - To back up an iCal calendar, select it in the Calendars list on the left side of the iCal window. Then choose the Export command (File->Export). This wil save a single file that can be easily imported/restored later.



The icon of your exported calendar will have a .ics file extension, its icon will look like this:



Repeat this process for each calendar in your iCal program that you wish to backup.


 * LIST OF WHERE STUFF IS SAVED:**

Firefox - /Users/username/Library/Application Support/FireFox/Profiles -- but for backup purposes, please see **Above** Garageband - /Users/username/Music/Garageband GNU Image Manipulation Program (.xcf)- User defined Google Earth - /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google Earth/ Grapher (.gcx) - User defined iCal (.ics) - /Users/username/Library/Calendars -- but for backup purposes, please see ABOVE iChat - /Users/username/Documents/iChat iMovie HD - /Users/username/Movies/iMovie Projects (iMovie 08), /Users/username/Movies but also user defined iPhoto - /Users/username/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ iTunes - /Users/username/Music/iTunes Library iWeb (.sites2)- /Users/username/Library/Application Support/iWeb/Domain.sites2 Keynote (.key) - user defined NeoOffice (mulitple - .doc, .xls, .ppt, .odt, .odg, .odb) - user defined NetLogo (.nlogo) - user defined Numbers (.numbers) - user defined Pages AND Microsoft Word Docs- user defined Safari - /Users/username/Library/Safari -- but for backup purposes, please see Above
 * CyberDuck [Favorites] - /Users/username/Library/Application Support/CyberDuck/Favorites.plist

I**F YOU LOSE EVERYTHING AND HAVE TO RESTORE:**

**iCal -**
 * Double-click the iCal calendar file that you exported when you backed up your calendar. If iCal is not running, it will automatically launch. Once launched, you will see a dialog that asks you to select a destination for this calendar. You can choose to merge this calendar into an existing calendar on the computer or create a new calendar.

By default, iCal creates two calendars on first launch, Home and Work.

To restore your iPhoto Library first access your backup copy that resides on an external device, a Web space or local file server.
 * **iPhoto**

Click on the Finder Icon in your dock. This will open a new Finder window. You should see a collection of folders that includes the Pictures folder. Open the Pictures folder. You will **replace** the existing iPhoto Library (if one exists) with your backup copy. Drag 'n Drop the existing (new image) iPhoto Library to the Trash if one exists. One should only exist on the new image if you launched the iPhoto application. Don't throw out this library if you imported photos into the new library already. If you have done this, see your tech lead for help merging the two libraries. Drag 'n Drop the backup copy of your iPhoto Library to the Pictures Folder.

**iTunes**

To restore your iTunes Library first access your backup copy that resides on an external device, a Web space or local file server.

Click on the Finder Icon in your dock. This will open a new Finder window. You should see a collection of folders that includes the Music folder. Open the Music folder. You will **replace** the existing iTunes Library (if one exists) with your backup copy. Drag 'n Drop the existing (new image) iTunes Library to the Trash if one exists. One should only exist on the new image if you launched the iTunes application. Don't throw out this library if you imported music into the new library already. If you have done this, see your tech lead - Brian - for help merging the two libraries. Drag 'n Drop the backup copy of your iTunes Library to the Music Folder.

**Firefox** Instructions to import Firefox bookmarks

1) Launch Firefox. 2) Select **Organize** **Bookmarks** from the **Bookmarks** menu. 3) Select **Import** from the **File** menu. Select your backup of the **Bookmarks.html** file.

**Safari**

Launch Safari web browser Select "Import Bookmarks..." from the File menu. Select the " Safari Bookmarks.html" file that you Exported when you backed up your bookmarks. Once imported, you will find your bookmarks in the Bookmarks collection (see below "imported 5/14/08" folder)

