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Default Mini Mac back up with Super Duper - 07-15-2010, 10:01 PM
New to MAC OS X, want to keep the used/old mini mac
I bought a used/older mini mac on e-bay to make my bootable disk to change Dell Mini 10v over to SL 10.6.0 Things went fine and am now gifting the new Dell Mini Mac Cleve to my daughter for grad school. Questions regarding backing up the used/old mini mac using super duper. It has an Apple keyboard and I do not know which function key to push to ask it to boot from the USB port. Any OSX advice greatly appreciate. Regards. UNCNDL1,

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Default 07-15-2010, 10:09 PM
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New to MAC OS X, want to keep the used/old mini mac
I bought a used/older mini mac on e-bay to make my bootable disk to change Dell Mini 10v over to SL 10.6.0 Things went fine and am now gifting the new Dell Mini Mac Cleve to my daughter for grad school. Questions regarding backing up the used/old mini mac using super duper. It has an Apple keyboard and I do not know which function key to push to ask it to boot from the USB port. Any OSX advice greatly appreciate. Regards. UNCNDL1,
If it is a Mac Mini from Apple, you hold the option key while booting up to select which drive to boot from.

I'm not sure the PPC based Mac Minis can boot from USB. If it is an Intel based Mac Mini, it should be fine.

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Default 07-16-2010, 01:46 PM
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If it is a Mac Mini from Apple, you hold the option key while booting up to select which drive to boot from.

I'm not sure the PPC based Mac Minis can boot from USB. If it is an Intel based Mac Mini, it should be fine.

same option key works on PowerPC mac's

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Default 07-16-2010, 08:55 PM
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same option key works on PowerPC mac's
Yes, but they can they all boot up from a USB hard drive ? I know they older model Mac's that are PPC won't, they are limited to Fire Wire external drives.

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Default 07-19-2010, 11:14 PM
you can also if your apple mini is booted >> systems preferences >> start up disk >> the clone >> restart.

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Default 07-20-2010, 01:04 AM
Thank you for all your replies. The apple mac mini (intel) is now backed up and can boot from the usb into a rescue external hdd.

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