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Differential or Incremental backup are part of the options that need to be selected when installing a backup software. Or the system admin has to choose which backup strategy he or she will adapt. Backup is very important so you have something to rely on when disaster strikes. So, what’s the difference between differential and incremental backup? Which one is better? Differential backup – contains  the files that have changed since the last full backup. So, if the full backup was Sunday, Monday will have files that changed since  Sunday  backup. For the differential backup of Tuesday, it will contain the files of Monday and the files of Tuesday. Differential backup = requires large space since every differential backup has the files that had changed since the last full backup Incremental backup – backup only the changed data since the last backup. So, if the Full backup was done on Sunday; Monday backup will only have the data that has changed since last Sunday ...

Using a windows external keyboard for Macbook Pro is quite straight forward since the letter or alphabets are the same. But wait, Windows keyboard don’t have the “command” key nor the “option” key. If you are a keyboard junkie, you might miss Ctrl + C , and Ctrl + V when using Macbook. The “command” key in Macbook has equivalent key on a Windows keyboard, which is the “Windows” key. So, to press “Command key” + C which is the shortcut for copy. In a windows keyboard, press “Windows key” + C and it will perform the copy command. Keyboard Macbook command: “Command key” + C [copy] == Equivalent in Windows keyboard is: “Windows key” + C “Command key + V [paste] == Equivalent in Windows keyboard is: “Windows key” + V Shift + Home in windows keyboard, will highlight the current cursor position until the first character on the line. In Macbook, some application may not recognize this command. The equivalent of shift + home on a windows keyboard is: “Windows key” + shift + ...