Time Machine Saved My Bacon

After having some doubt, I have to give credit to Mac OS X Leopard’s Time Machine automatic backup feature. Luckily, my iMac hardware is okay (for now) with a SMC reset bringing it back to life. All a SMC reset is is unplugging everything from your Mac, letting it sit there for a minute or two, then plugging everything back in.

Before doing the SMC reset though, I think I screwed myself using Disk Utility to see if I could repair my internal drive. Anyways, after booting off the Leopard DVD, one of the options available is restore from Time Machine backup. I selected that and about five hours later, my iMac was back in action. For some reason, I had to run through a OS X Mail app import but all my settings and email were still there.

If you haven’t done so already, get Leopard and a big external drive, and let Time Machine save your bacon.

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