I personally use Time Machine and Superduper, but I have 8 or 9 TBs of storage. I'm kinda paranoid about backing up.
If you are new to Mac, take a look at these resources. They will help a lot. Especially, the switch 101 tutorials if you are used to Windows
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/http://www.apple.com/support/switch101