Clickfree DVD Transformer User Guide for Apple Macintosh users
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Contents Contents INTRODUCING CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER 4 Main Features 4 Package contents 5 Definitions 5 BASICS 7 HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 7 WHAT GETS BACKED UP? 7 Clickfree backs up content 7 Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time? 8 What content categories does Clickfree back up? 8 WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START? BACKING UP MY CONTENT HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER? 8 9 9 ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REA
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT? Contents 24 Restoring content 24 Choosing categories of content to be restored 24 Choosing where to restore content to 25 BROWSING & SEARCHING FOR MY FILES 28 Starting from the Welcome window 28 From the Backup Summary window 28 ADVANCED TOPICS WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? How is backup different when I have more than one computer? 30 30 30 HOW DO I RESTORE MY FILES USING ONLY THE BA
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer Thank you for buying the Clickfree DVD Transformer – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe. Clickfree is an easy-to-use computer backup system that automatically searches for and backs up content stored on your computer. No hardware configuration or software installation is required.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer How it backs up • • The first time you connect a Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer it searches for, finds, backs up and organizes all of your important content Each subsequent time you connect the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer, you can choose to just do an update: • Any new files since your last backup are added to the backup • Any files that were changed since your last backup are updated on t
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer Content Normally you don’t use Clickfree to back up your applications or operating system, only the data that you have created or copied to your computer – music, photos, letters, emails etc. In this guide we refer to this data as content. File Information used by your computer and stored in a specific place on your hard disk.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Basics Basics HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug the Clickfree DVD Transformer in to your computer, supply recordable media when prompted, and let it work! No need to install software or to configure anything. Your computer knows when the Clickfree DVD Transformer has been plugged in, and it runs the backup program automatically each time it is connected.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Basics DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME? The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up the entire Home folder, which might take some time – it just depends on how much content you have. Each time you use Clickfree after that, you can choose to back up only the new or changed content, so it will be much quicker.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content Backing up my content HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER? ♦ To start using your Clickfree DVD Transformer: 1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up. 2. Log in, if that is what you normally do. Note: You should close all open applications before starting to back up your files. 3.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY! Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period Clickfree starts the backup. • If you want to let Clickfree decide what needs to be backed up from where, then you’re done: just relax and let Clickfree work. All you need to do is to put recordable media in your CD/DVD writer when prompted.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content 2. Click OK. 3. Choose whether you are backing up onto CD or DVD. Note: At this point, Clickfree calculates how many disks are needed to hold all of the files you want to back up. If you don’t have enough disks, click Options to go back to choosing what to back up, and deselect some files or file categories.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content 5. At the end of the backup, the backup disk is ejected, and you are prompted to label it: 6. Click OK. The Backup Summary window shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column) and from all backups for this user, including this one (Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on their respective backup disks.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS? You can decide whether Clickfree backs up complete folders, or backs up content by category (for example, Office Documents). The default is to back up your complete Home folder.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content CHOOSING WHAT TO BACK UP 3. If you want Clickfree to check that all files have been written to the backup disk properly, and can be read, check Please click on this checkbox …. For information about how this works, click . 4.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP All of the categories are selected by default. 7. Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, Office Documents, Photos, and Videos. • To include a category, for example, Photos, in the backup, make sure that the box to • the left of the category name is checked . If it isn’t, click the box to check it. You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in the box.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content Clickfree searches for content to back up Before actually backing up any content, Clickfree adds up the sizes of the files in the complete folders you chose, or searches the folders you chose for your chosen categories of content and adds up the sizes of all of the content it finds: Clickfree backs up your content 11. Choose whether you are backing up onto CD or DVD.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content Clickfree then backs up the content you chose to your backup disk(s): At the end of the backup, the backup disk is ejected, and you are prompted to label it: 13. Click OK. The Backup Summary window shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column), and from all backups including this one, for this user (Total column).
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content When you see the Backup Summary window, unplug the DVD Transformer, label the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place. Note: Clickfree tells you to label the disk with a number and date. If you have more than one computer to back up, you should also write the computer’s name (seen on the Backup Summary screen) on the disk.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content Restoring my content WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DISK STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER? All computer hard disks fail eventually, sometimes without warning. Occasionally, computers suffer damage that affects the hard disk. Sometimes, laptop computers get lost or stolen. Sometimes, also, you may delete content by mistake.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Note: Restoring my content At the start of a restore, Clickfree asks you to insert a backup disk with a particular number and date. In addition, as the restore proceeds, if you have backed up the computer more than once, Clickfree may ask you to insert one or more other backup disks with a particular numbers and dates.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 5. Before the countdown gets to zero, click Restore. The What to restore window appears. Note that all of the categories that have backed-up content are checked off in the Categories column. 6. Before you click Continue to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored, look at the user name in the Select what you would like to restore box.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 9. Since you are letting Clickfree restore files to the default folder, simply click Next. Clickfree confirms how many files will be restored, and where they are going to be restored to: If necessary, Clickfree prompts you to insert the required disk: 10. Insert the requested backup disk. As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 11. Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the one from the backup: 12. You can choose to: • • • • • • Keep both copies of this one file – click Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backedup file by adding ‘ copy’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 14. To open a Finder window at the restore folder, click the button below Your files have been restored to. 15. To finish, simply unplug the DVD Transformer, eject the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place. Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on the backup disks.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO 5. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore your content to the default folder or to somewhere else. • • If you want to restore your content to the default folder, go to step 7. If you want to restore your files to another folder, click Change Destination, and continue with step 6. 6. Navigate to your chosen destination and click Open. 7. Click Next.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the samename file from the backup: 10. You can choose to: • • • • • • Keep both copies of this one file – click Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backedup file by adding ‘ copy’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 11. To open a Finder window at the restore folder, click the button below Your files have been restored to. 12. To finish, simply unplug the DVD Transformer, eject the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place. Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on the backup disks.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Browsing & searching for my files Browsing & searching for my files From the Backup Summary window you can: • • Note: Browse your backup(s) for files Search your backup(s) for files When you try to do anything with a file (for example, to open the file), Clickfree prompts you to insert the backup disk that contains the latest (most up-to-date) version of that file.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide ♦ Browsing & searching for my files To browse and search for files: 1. In the Backup box select the name of the user whose files you want to search or browse for. 2. Do one of the following: • • To use the normal Finder features to find and open your files, Click Backup View. To browse your files by category, click any of the underlined numbers (for example, ).
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics Advanced topics WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? DVD Transformer can back as many computers as you like. Note: Each CD or DVD is used for only one backup. Once a backup is finished you cannot record anything else on the disk. Clickfree creates a unique identifier for each computer and user that it is used with, regardless of the computer’s and user’s names.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics 2. Click Restore Files and continue with the normal restore procedure. 3. If you click View, you see a summary of backed-up files. You can continue with the normal browsing and searching functions. HOW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS? The first time you back up a user’s content using the DVD Transformer, Clickfree makes a full backup. The next time you perform a backup for the same user you can choose to back up only new and changed content.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide ♦ Advanced topics To use these tools: 1. Connect the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer as described in “How do I start using my Clickfree DVD Transformer?” on page 9. 2. When you see the countdown window, click Options before the countdown reaches zero: 3. Click Tools to show the available tools.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics 4. If you really want to remove the user’s backup history from the Clickfree DVD Transformer, click Yes. Warning: Once you have removed a user’s backup history from the Clickfree DVD Transformer there is no way to recover that user’s history. To see how to remove the history for all users, see ”Master reset” on page 33.
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide ♦ Advanced topics To check automatically for updates: By default, Clickfree automatically looks for updates when it is connected to your computer and you have a connection to the internet. To ensure this feature is on, make sure that the checkbox Automatically check for updates is checked on the Tools window: .
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? On the What to restore window you can click checkboxes to select the category whose files you want to restore. You can also select and deselect individual backed-up files within a category. ♦ To select/deselect files within a category: 1. Click any of the underlined numbers (for example, ).
Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics 2. Select and deselect files as you normally do in a Finder window. 3. Click OK. The counts of Selected Files are updated. 4. When you are finished selecting files, click Next. The restore continues. See “Choosing where to restore content to” on page 25. WHAT DO I DO IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START AUTOMATICALLY? If Clickfree does not run when you plug in the Clickfree Traveler: 1.
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