<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">I have an iMac that came with the system pre-installed. I have been making backups of all data and applications on the drive but how do I make a backup that could be used to put a system back on to a drive. I actually do have the system disks but I have upgraded the software as it comes out. Is there something I should be backing up so I don't have to go back to the start if needed? I just want to make sure that I m backing up the right information.<BR>
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I'm not quite ready to make the jump to Leopard just yet. Maybe sometime in March.<BR>
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I'm using Tiger 10.4.11<BR>
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1. This computer has 1 GB of RAM. We've had this computer since March 2007. I've noticed that the computer seems to run slower than when we first got it. Any suggestions?<BR>
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2. I've noticed that when I scan pictures, sometimes the icons are created but without pictures making folder browsing more difficult. Just blank icons. It does seem that later the icons have regained their pictures. Windows has a refresh that helps this and in pre OS 10 I could rebuild the desktop. Anything I can do.<BR>
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3. I used to brag that Windows didn't update folders very well when changes took place (adding to the folder). The folder would have to be refreshed before the changed would really appear (Like placing the added item into the correct order and showing the size of the added item.) Pre OS 10 systems for the Mac worked beautifully. You added an item and you could watch it grow as it was copied in. From my experience, In system 10 shows you the added item in a folder but the item's size just sits there at 4K until you go out and back into the folder. That seems like a little step in the wrong direction. Did Leopard resolve this?<BR>
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4. Does the slideshow feature within the folders only show items in that folder in random order or is there some way to change this?<BR>
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