Leah Aronoff said: >Boy! None of this sounds like Newbies talk to me. It is >incomprehensible to me. I'm a real basic Newbie, who worries about >things like how external drives work as backups, and which is best to >use, and how much do they cost, and stuff like that. . . . Leah Leah, don't be afraid to ask even the most basic questions here. There are folks here who are more than happy to try to answer your questions. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html