Jediguy-14
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Q: Is there a way I can backup my entire iMac G5 to a usb drive(except system files)

I Have an old imac G5 running 10.4.11 ppc, and I want to get rid of it, but I want to backup everything except system files and crap I don't need. I want to beck it up onto a sub drive

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), iMac G5 power pc

Posted on Jul 19, 2016 10:57 AM

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Q: Is there a way I can backup my entire iMac G5 to a usb drive(except system files)

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  • by K Shaffer,Helpful

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Jul 22, 2016 9:55 AM in response to Jediguy-14
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    Jul 22, 2016 9:55 AM in response to Jediguy-14

    You should be able to create a backup to USB2.0 drive of your content

    from an older PPC Mac; the files could be read by applications or made

    to be opened by later apps (or converted to future ones, if possible.)

     

    The limits to USB rotational drives and/or flash USB had been related

    to the inability of the OS X to boot older Macs from those drives. The

    files themselves should be OK to be read from said drives.

     

    You may need to be sure to choose 'ignore ownership' where applicable

    on drives where old user accounts may stifle access to their content. Or

    create a duplicate of those old files on another drive, convert as needed

    to a more recent application. You can make a duplicate of the entire old

    drive with a clone utility. SuperDuper, CarbonCopy, or Disk Utility can

    make great duplicates. Disk Utility can make a disk image. Other apps

    could be tried to see if you could save-as or convert to newer version.

     

    Good luck!