Summary

In this Chapter, you learned where different system, application, and personal support and preferences files are stored in Mac OS X. You also learned how to perform preventive and basic maintenance on your hard disk(s). You should now recognize the importance of a good backup system, and should know how to devise a backup strategy to maintain your data and recover in the event of a disk or system problem. Preventative maintenance is a worthy cause to invest in and should not be dismissed lightly. Often users do not recognize the importance of a good maintenance and backup regimen until it is too late and their data is lost to them. Visit www.drivesavers.com and find out the cost of data recovery if your files were ever lost. In addition to the expense of recovery, you will be glad of the downtime you’ve saved yourself by thinking ahead.