Students: Back up your files & data!

Laptops will be erased over the summer.  You need to backup to another flash drive or external hard drive anything you want to keep.

Files to consider

• school documents/projects
• photos
• movies
• music
• Safari bookmarks

Backup to Flash Drive / External HD

• Open Finder, go to file or folder and drag items to flash/external drive or copy file or folder and paste file to flash/external drive
• Holding the Command key while clicking on files or folders will allow you to select multiple files
• To select multiple files in a row, select first file, hold Shift, select last file

IPhoto Picture Backup for entire library

• Copy library to flash drive or drag to burn folder
• Library is located in Finder, Pictures, name:  iPhoto Library
• Copy to flash/external drive or burn

iPhoto Picture Backup to CD or DVD for selected photos

• Only to archive photos for viewing in iPhoto (can not be viewed on a Windows computer)
• In iPhoto, Select photo library, albums, or individual photos
• Choose Share>Burn
• Insert CD or DVD disc in an external CD drive
• Type a name for disc
• Click Burn button
• Click the Burn button in the Burn Disc dial

Creating a CD to viewed by Windows or a photo processing company

• In iPhoto select the albums or photos you want to burn to disc
• Select album or photos and choose File>Export to export to a folder on your computer
• Follow above directions for burning to a CD or DVD

Backup iMovie to another file format

• Open iMovie and select movie, Share>Export Movie to desired location
• Copy file to flash drive or burn

Backup Bookmarks in Safari

• Select File>Export bookmarks
• Select and save to desired location
• Copy file to flash drive or burn

Backup from iTunes library and purchases to flash/external drive

• Copy iTunes Folder to flash/external drive
• Library is located in Finder, username, Music, name:  iTunes
• Copy entire folder to flash/external drive

Deauthorize a computer for iTune purchases

• To play purchases from iTunes Store, you must authorize the computer.  You can have up to 5 authorized computers at a time.  Before you turn your computer in, you need to deauthorize your computer.
• Store>Deauthorize This Computer

More Help

Open any application and choose Help from menu and type in backup.

Students will keep book bags over the summer but you must bring it to deployment or pay $45 for a new one to get your laptop back in August!