![]() When you insert the system disk, it will be mounted in the left-side menu of Disk Utility. Go to File > New > Disk Image from…Mac OS X Install DVD (name will correlate to the disk you inserted) and a dialog box will open prompting where you would like to save the disk image. Open Disk Utility and ensure the disk has mounted by finding it in the drive listing on the left side of the app. Insert the system disk you wish to backup into your SuperDrive or-if using a newer Mac without a one-an external disk drive. For this tutorial, I'll be creating a USB backup of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. ![]() You won't need any special software to digitize your Mac disks, just the versatile app Disk Utility. So what can be done with them now? Read on to learn how to extend the life of your system disks by moving them to a USB drive. The problem is that many people still have software on disks: older versions of OS X, iLife, or iWork. When Apple began ringing the death knell for disk-based media by removing the drives from many of its models, it provided a great digital alternative, the App Store, so users would never need a disk again.
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