Disks fail so backup

Most Mac users can rest easy at night, content with the fact that their machines are spyware free, and all but virus free as well. However, there is a fly in the ointment of Mac bliss and that is the undeniable fact that entropy increases.

What does that mean for my Mac? Hardware failure, my friends, if it hasn't happened to you in the past you can count on it happening to you in the future. Hard disks crash, RAM goes bad, and batteries catch on fire, all rendering that expensive Mac of yours into a very tasteful paperweight.

The road to happiness lies with backing up your data on a regular basis, and Apple is there for you with this KB article detailing, 'How to back up and restore your important Mac OS X 10.4 files.' This is a must read for all Mac users on Tiger.