User manual
Table Of Contents
- Bento® 4
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book Library
- Migrating the iCal, iPhoto, and Address Book Libraries
- Using Collections
- Using Form View
- About Forms
- Creating Records in Form View
- Editing Records in Form View
- Duplicating Records in Form View
- Deleting Records in Form View
- Creating Forms
- Deleting Forms
- Showing and Hiding Forms
- Duplicating Forms
- Copying Forms
- Renaming Forms
- Locking and Unlocking Forms
- Adding Fields to a Form
- Tabbing Between Fields
- Moving Fields and Objects on Forms
- Resizing Fields and Objects
- Removing Fields from a Form
- Customizing Form Layouts
- Using Table View
- About Table View
- Selecting Records in Table View
- Creating Records in Table View
- Editing Records in Table View
- Duplicating Records in Table View
- Deleting Records in Table View
- Sorting Records
- Working with Fields and Columns in Table View
- Creating Fields in Table View
- Adding Fields in Table View
- Working with Media Fields in Table View
- Changing Options for a Field in Table View
- Completing Text Automatically as You Type
- Duplicating Fields
- Changing the Field Type
- Showing and Hiding Columns
- Deleting Fields in Table View
- Reordering Columns
- Resizing Columns
- Filling Fields Automatically
- Summarizing Column Data
- Using Grid View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Syncing
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Reverting to a Previous Version of Bento
- Index
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Backing Up and Restoring
Information
This chapter describes how to create a backup copy of your
Bento data. Use the backup copy to recover your original
information if you make an inadvertent change, or to restore
your data in case of a problem such as a hard drive failure.
A Bento backup file contains the data in Bento at the time you run the back up
command. The back up command is easy to use; you simply specify a name and
location for the backup file. Restore is just as easy to use; you select the backup file
from which you want to restore data.
Because it’s a good idea to regularly back up your data, Bento provides an optional
reminder to periodically back up your data.
Note Backup and restore features apply to all of your data in Bento. If you want to save
the data from an individual library or collection, use the export feature described in
”Exporting Information from Bento” on page 112.
You can also use the Mac OS X application technology called Time Machine to back up
and restore your Bento data.
Tip To save a copy of your backup file, copy it to another location, such as an external
hard disk or a CD.