Dave, I’m taking my iBook into the shop for some repairs and really want to do a backup beforehand, just in case. Problem is, I don’t have an Apple SuperDrive on my Mac OS X iBook. What’s the best strategy?

This is a classic problem and one reason that I always recommend people pay the little extra money and get a superdrive in their PowerBook or iBook: whether or not you think you’ll be making movies, I guarantee that they’ll come a time when you want to do backups, and being able to backup to a 4GB device sure beats a measly 650MB CDROM disk!

However, you’re not alone in this situation. If you have a second Macintosh that does have a Superdrive, that is, has the ability to burn DVDs, then you’re closer to a solution than you think!

The key is to use…

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