I just got through reading the instructions for
paragon snapshot for mac, there seems to be 2 sets of directions fro doing a similar action; backing up a hard drive.
in sec2, it is general use for backing up, in the last one sec 4, it is about backup & restore of mac os, so I should follow this in sec 4?
when a snapshot is made, where is it saved? it seems to be a separate action from when one goes to save the actual hard drive contents to another source.
it says choose the default location when creating the snapshot for a temporary location, will this make a copy of my mac drive onto the mac drive? will there be enough free space for it?
do I first make a snapshot, choosing a temporary default location & then using the save snapshot feature to actually copy the mac hard drive to my backup external hard drive?
or do I choose my backup external hard drive as a location when 1st creating the snapshot?
lastly, how do I go about updating my backup of my mac drive? say I add more software to it, & want to update my backup to reflect this, when I get to the save snapshot stage, will it overwrite the 1st snapshot copy on my external hard drive?
what do I do with the previous snapshot that
paragon made for temporary storage before saving to an external drive?
in the instructions about creating a snapshot, it says;
snapshots are available until next system restart or shutdown.
does this mean that I have to shut down the computer & turn on again before I can make a copy or save the snapshot to an external hard drive?
also, would it be a good idea to store my mac os backup external hard drive offsite?
say I get a desktop mac, would I be able to load this backup onto a blank drive in the desktop mac? to save installing the os from scratch & all it's software? or is the backup locked to only my laptop?
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