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Q: BackingUp my iMac in a LaCie HDD

Hello nice people,

 

I am in need of your help, recently my iMac has been getting slower and slower and i am certain it is because the hdd it's almost at it's capacity, so i want to back everything up and do a fresh install.

 

i need help with 2 things :

 

1. how do i backup without compressing files? most of the backups are compressed files that need to be restored so they can be opened, i want them all transferred to my HDD so i have access to them whenever i need them as i don't intend to get them back to the imac itself . My HDD is a LaCie Rugged 2TB with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0

 

2. Can someone link me how to fully format my iMac and do a Fresh install of OSX ? I don't have a disc, when i bought it, it was running Mavericks i think if i'm not wrong.

 

iMac info:

 

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

3,2 GHz Intel Core i5

8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 MB

 

running: OSX El Capitan
version 10.11

 

Thank you for everything

Posted on Jul 20, 2016 12:37 AM

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