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Hi,
What are the ways to take a backup of MobileME account in mac. What software is available for that. And does that tool or backup is reliable in this case. Or else I have to do all the configuration settings back again. Second thing I want to know is what are the things to be done first after restoring a MAC system. And what are the types of applications in MAC. So that I can determine which to install back again.
Yes it is possible to take a backup of your MobileME account in MAC. If you are an account holder MobileMe and although you have two additional tools for backup. With a Backup application iDisk you'll be able to save your certain data and information, it will be very easy then to restore a single click. By this you can take backup of Address Book, iCal calendars, Safari bookmark, etc.
Things you can do after a fresh install. Start the first panel Update Software located in System Preferences to activate your OS X system and its associated applications (QuickTime, etc) updated. Allow the system to scan and look for files. Once your OS X system update, start by re-configure all the modules of System Preferences. Then carry out from your CD / DVD backup and start by relocating all your files / folders Me, then your applications all in one, then install other applications by using their respective installers. After that relocate the contents of folders Documents, Sites, Images, Videos, Public and Music folders to the same name of your OS X system.
Once your re-installation is complete, perform some maintenance and repair system. For this the first thing you can do is Repair permissions. Especially if you have implemented manually and not with Backup or Sync MobileMe in Library. Then comes audit, optimization and maintenance of the newly installed partition. That can be done with TechTool Pro or Drive Genius.
Applications installed when you install Mac OS X like Mail or TextEdit it is not necessary to save these applications, since they will be resettled by OS X. Same lies for the Utilities folder. This are the default applications which comes with MAC OS X. So you must first check out that this are available in your computer or now. You can then get those from Apple site for free of charge.
A other types of applications that works in mac is those applications that were installed through an installer some may even require restarting the computer. I advise you to Put simply, cleanly reinstalling the applications from installers, although it is not necessary for all. So the importance of safeguarding and catalog all your software downloads and updates. Here you reinstall the latest version of your favorite software.