On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:01 AM, William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > (However, I have never had to USE the TM backup, so I'm not entirely > sure how useful it is for recovering from assorted types of disaster. > I am somewhat annoyed not to find disk image utilities for MacOS, > since that has become my preferred mechanism for backing up PC disks.) I'm currently using Carbon Copy Cloner to create bootable backup copies of my drive. Super Duper is another one that works well. You can also create an image file from within the OSX "Disk Utility" (Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility). -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist