Using Backup 2's QuickPicksBackup 2 comes prepopulated with a series of items called QuickPicks that make it easy to automate backups. These QuickPicks back up information that's likely to be importantespecially information that you may not know the location of (think back to the last time you knew where your Adobe Photoshop preferences or Actions Palette files were stored). The selection of QuickPicks varies, depending on the backup location you've selected (after all, no one can copy respectable iPhoto and iTunes libraries to an iDisk, the combination of which would be many gigabytes more than an iDisk can hold). To take advantage of these QuickPicks, simply check the boxes next to the ones you want to use. Backup will do any necessary configuration for you (such as scanning for the files to be included), and the items will be included in the backup. These QuickPicks cover the following (Figure 12.59):
Figure 12.59. The Backup interface has a set of file groups, called QuickPicks, that you can use to quickly create a backup. |