Clickfree DVD Transformer Computer Drive User Manual
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1. Update Update your Clickfree Backup software E M Automatically check for updates Support Clickfree support information MANAGE BACKUPS To remove a user If you no longer want to keep back up history for a user you can remove the information from the Clickfree DVD Transformer Note Even after you remove a user from your DVD Transformer you can still restore content from backup disks However information about which files are on which disk is lost 1 Onthe Tools window click Manage Backups 2 Clickthe user you want to remove 3 Click Remove Backup Warning You have asked to permanently remove the data previously backed up from the selected user Before removing this data please ensure that you have a copy of this data in another location Are you sure that you want to continue Ne Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 32 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 MASTER RESET To remove all back up history Master Reset is used to remove all back up history for all users that have been backed2. Nolumes QO00 9094 ttc 6 5 6 txt On the next page 1 Clickfree will only display the number of new or changed files since your last backup 2 If you don t have your previous backup discs you can uncheck the box in the bottom left of the screen Don t show me this again Gro Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 10 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Backing up my content 2 Click OK Click below to select individual files Selected Files Size EJ Office Documents 80 files 19 22 MB Music 0 files 0 00 MB LJ Videos E Photos CO ana Messages 0 files 0 00 MB 0 00 MB 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 If you previously backed up this computer you can choose whether to backup only files that are new or have changed since the last backup 4 Click I m Ready Start Backup If needed Clickfree prompts you when to put recordable media in your CD DVD writer Clickfree then backs up the content you chose to your backup disk s Backing up E Writing disc 1 of 1 79 Overall Progress 79 Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 11 Clickfree DVD Tr
3. How it backs up e 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 e Each subsequent time you connect the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer you can choose to just do an update e Any new files since your last backup are added to the backup e Any files that were changed since your last backup are updated on the backup e Any files that were deleted from your computer since the last backup are ignored PACKAGE CONTENTS Your Clickfree backup package contains e one Clickfree DVD Transformer e one quick start guide DEFINITIONS Just to make sure that the user guide is clear we re going to define a couple of terms that are used throughout the guide Back up and Restore Backing up is making copies of data so that a copy can be used to restore the original after the data is lost or destroyed Backups are used to restore data after loss of or damage to your computer s hard disk and to restore files that have been accidentally deleted or corrupted Making a backup of your content only copies it from your computer to your backup disk and does not delete it from the computer s hard disk Restoring your content from a backup only copies it from your backup disk to your computer and does not delete it from the backup disk Important Clickfree never erases or replaces content on your computer s hard disk unless you ask it to replace
4. Office Documents The default is to back up your complete Home folder If you choose to back up content by category you can choose e The categories of content Clickfree backs up e Where Clickfree looks for this content Note Changes you make to how Clickfree does backups are sticky they are stored and applied again to later backups for this user unless you modify them To review or change what gets backed up 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of the procedure How do I start using my Clickfree DVD Transformer on page 9 2 Before the countdown reaches zero click Options Welcome ga ibi sign aad plist bows seq jd T thre aides Starting backup in 6 Choose what to backup 9 Recommended Select this option to backup all files for WTW By default Apple stores all of your data files under the home folder This option will ensure all of your files in the home folder are protected O Select this option to backup by categor Please click on the checkboxes below to select categories to backup Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 13 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 2 4 You either back up all of th
5. up using your DVD Transformer and to reset your selections of folders and categories to be backed up and restored For details see How do I change how Clickfree does backups on page 13 and How do I change how Clickfree restores content on page 24 Note Even after you perform a Master Reset you can still restore any previously backed up content from the backup disks However information about which files are on which disk is lost If you want to remove only the backup history for one user see To remove a user on page 32 1 Onthe Tools window click Master reset WARNING Master Reset will remove all data from your Clickfree Backup device Resetting your device will not affect the files on your Mac Are you sure that you want to continue Cancel Continue 2 If you really want to remove all back up history from the Clickfree DVD Transformer click Continue Warning Once you have reset Clickfree using the Master Reset there is no way to recover any backup history UPDATING CLICKFREE SOFTWARE From time to time Clickfree software is upgraded to provide new or enhanced features You can e Have Clickfree check for updates each time you connect the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer this is the default action you don t need to do anything e Manually check for updates In both cases your computer needs to be connected to the internet for updated software to be found and installed Copyright
6. 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 e To include a category for example Photos in the backup make sure that the box to the left of the category name is checked M Pos If it isn t click the box to check it You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in the box e To exclude a category for example Music from the backup make sure that the box to the left of the category name is unchecked P W If it is checked click the box to uncheck it Note You must choose at least one category CHOOSING FOLDERS TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT Your home folder is selected by default 8 Choose where you want Clickfree to search for the categories you chose earlier You can add and remove folders Click the Advanced button near the bottom right of the Clickfree window then e To add a folder a Click b Navigate to the folder to be added c Click Open e To remove a folder d Select the folder to be removed e Click Note You must choose at least one folder Select the locations where Clickfree Backup will search for files 9 When you are finished choosing folders click OK twice and continue with step 10 10 When you have made your choices click Start to begin t
7. O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 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 Automatically check for updates Every time that you connect Clickfree to your computer it automatically checks for updated software and if an update is available prompts you to download and install it To stop checking automatically for updates Make sure that the checkbox Automatically check for updates is unchecked on the Tools window Automatically check for updates To check manually for updates 1 Onthe Tools window click Update Clickfree checks for available updates If the software in your DVD Transformer and your computer is up to date click OK on the dialog that pops up If an update is available Clickfree shows you what progress is being made in downloading the update and updating your software Warning While a software update is taking place it is very important for you not to remove the DVD Transformer from your computer and not to turn off or restart the computer until the update is complete 2 When the software update is complete you need to unplug the DVD Transformer and plug it in again for t
8. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore your content to the default folder or to somewhere else e If you want to restore your content to the default folder go to step 7 e 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 Select restore destination Y DEVICES Applications J Shared C3 BillBoard SA Singles wordthatwork iTunes Music wtw Library aml My Music System fll User Guid formation Y PLACES Users Desktop f wordthatwork 5 Applications Documents 41 Cancel Open 7 Click Next If necessary Clickfree prompts you to insert the required disk Please insert the disc 1 May 26 09 8 Insert the requested backup disk 9 Assuming that there is enough space on your hard disk the restore starts As Clickfree restores your content it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process Current disc 45 Overall Progress 45 Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 25 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 same name file from the backup
9. 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 Duplicate File Found A file with the same name already exists in this folder Existing file Name 21DCB6B7 61C5 40EB A00A 3DEB85D53FDD webbookmark 2 Category Favorite Website Where Users WTW Restored Files Users aches Metadata Safari Bookmarks Size 0 1 KB Created 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM Modified 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM File from backup Name 21DCB6B7 61C5 40EB A00A 3DEB85D53FDD webbookmark i 2 AN Category Favorite Website S Where Users WTW Library Caches Metadata Safari Bookmarks Size 0 1 KB Created 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM Modified 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM Keep Both Keep both files file from backup will be renamed 21DCB6B7 ebbookmark Skip Do not restore this file Replace Replace existing file with the one from the backup f Do this for all duplicate files Cancel Restore 12 You can choose to e Keep both copies of this one file click Keep Both Clickfree renames the backed up file by adding copy to the end of the file name then restores the renamed file e Keep both copies of all same name files check Do this for all duplicate files and click Keep Both Clickfree without asking you renames the remaining backed up files by adding copy to the ends of the file names then restores the renamed files e Notrepl
10. at the details by following the steps in How do change how Clickfree does backups on page 13 without making any changes WHAT DO NEED BEFORE START All you need to start your backup is the Clickfree DVD Transformer Before you start your first Restore you should read through the Restoring my content chapter of this manual For Clickfree to work your computer needs to be running Mac OSX 10 5 Leopard on an Intel processor In addition you need One free USB port on your computer At least 100 MB of free space on your computer Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 8 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Backing up my content Backing up my content How DO 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 Attach the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port on your computer USB ports usually looks like this Wait for the Clickfree window to appear You may have to wait up to a full minute for your computer to recognize the Clickfree DVD Transformer 4 The first time you connect your Clickfree DVD Transformer the Start Clickfree Backup window appears on the desktop 5 Double click the i
11. it to do so Clickfree does not back up the applications or the operating system This means that your backup won t need nearly as much space as the size of your computer s hard disk since your content may only take up a small portion of your hard disk s capacity and we only back up the content Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 7 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 WHAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP If you choose to back up by content category rather than backing up your entire Home folder Clickfree backs up content in these categories Office Documents usually from word processing programs such as AbiWord Microsoft Word NeoOffice iWork Adobe files Music including CAF CD audio MP3 MIDI Videos for example AVI MPEG Shockwave Flash Photos including common graphic formats such as JPEG TIFF and RAW Emails and Messages including Apple Mail Entourage Thunderbird Favorite Websites internet shortcuts and address books Other including Stuffit and hqx files XML and comma separated values files Want to know more You can look
12. 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 WHAT GETS RESTORED AND TO WHERE When Clickfree restore runs without you changing any options it restores all of the content that was backed up and puts it in the Restored Files folder under your Home folder If you prefer you can easily tell Clickfree to restore your files to any place on your computer s hard disk that is convenient for you For details see e How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where on page 20 e How do change how Clickfree restores content on page 24 How DO l LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE You can allow Clickfree to make the decisions about what to restore and to where but you need to confirm what Clickfree plans to do Tolet Clickfree decide what to restore and to where 1 Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up 2 Login if that is what you normally do 3 Connect the DVD Transformer to a USB port on your computer 4 Waitfor the Clickfree window to appear this may take up to 60 seconds The Clickfree Welcome window appears with the countdown just as it did when you used it to back up your content But this time you are not going to allow Clickfree to start the backup Because you have backed
13. seen on the Backup Summary screen on the disk In addition since Clickfree identifies backups by number date and time you should also write the time of backup if it is possible that you may make more than one backup in a day Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 18 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Restoring my content Restoring my content WHAT IF MY COMPUTER S INTERNAL HARD DISK STOPS WORKING OR 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 When these things happen other computer users may lose valuable sometimes irreplaceable data But if you lose content you ll be really happy that you bought and used Clickfree Your backed up content is safe on your Clickfree backup and can be restored when you have a working computer again A Clickfree backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a new one WHAT DO NEED BEFORE l CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE OR TRANSFER MY CONTENT Before you can restore your content your computer needs to be working at the very least it needs to be able to start up and display the desktop You need the CDs or DVDs that were used to back up your computer In addition you should have the DVD Transfo
14. Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Backing up my content Clickfree then backs up the content you chose to your backup disk s Backing up 4 gt 3 e J88 Writing disc 1 of 1 79 Overall Progress 79 At the end of the backup the backup disk is ejected and you are prompted to label it Disc complete Please remove this disc and label it 1 10 Jun 09 _ 13 Click OK Browse amp Search Backup wordthatwork Last Backup 01 04 09 9 25 AM Categories Space Used E Office Documents 0 71 MB Music e 2 80 MB g Videos es es 0 00 MB E Photos 0 44 MB C Emails and Messages s 0 00 MB 0 Favorite Websites 0 01 MB oO All Others 1 36 MB 5 32 MB 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 The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups for this user take up on their respective backup disks Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 17 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
15. Duplicate File Found A file with the same name already exists in this folder Existing file Name 21DCB6B7 61C5 40EB A00A 3DEB85D53FDD webbookmark 2 Category Favorite Website Where Users WTW Restored Files Users aches Metadata Safari Bookmarks Size 0 1 KB Created 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM Modified 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM File from backup Name 21DCB6B7 61C5 40EB A00A 3DEB85D53FDD webbookmark i 2 AN Category Favorite Website S Where Users WTW Library Caches Metadata Safari Bookmarks Size 0 1 KB Created 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM Modified 11 Mar 09 2 05 16 PM Keep Both Keep both files file from backup will be renamed 21DCB6B7 ebbookmark Skip Do not restore this file Replace Replace existing file with the one from the backup f Do this for all duplicate files Cancel Restore 10 You can choose to e Keep both copies of this one file click Keep Both Clickfree renames the backed up file by adding copy to the end of the file name then restores the renamed file e Keep both copies of all same name files check Do this for all duplicate files and click Keep Both Clickfree without asking you renames the remaining backed up files by adding copy to the ends of the file names then restores the renamed files e Notreplace this one file click Skip e Notreplace any same name files check Do this for all duplicate files and click Skip Clickfree skips all remaining same name files without
16. LICKFREE TOOLS Several tools are available for working with Clickfree e Manage backups shows backup information and allows you to remove all backups for a user e Master reset removes all back up history from the DVD Transformer and undoes any changes you have made to the backup settings e Verify checks that files have been correctly written to CD DVD and that they can be read Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 31 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 Clickfree Backup Options Tools Choose what to backup 9 Recommended Select this option to backup all files for wordthatwork Advanced By default Apple stores all of your data files under the home directory This option will ensure all of your files in the home folder are protected O Backup by Categories Please click on the checkboxes below to select categories to backup V Office Documents V Photos v a Music v m Emails and Messages Videos V eo Favorite Websites 3 Click Tools to show the available tools O Clickfree Backup Options Tools Manage Backups Show backup information or remove a backup LJ Master reset Reset your device
17. a file during restore Clickfree never erases anything from your backup disks And unless you ask it to remove back up history Clickfree never erases the history Your Clickfree backups are also handy for moving or copying data from one computer to another Backup disks Generally throughout this guide the recordable media CDs and DVDs used to back up your content are referred to as backup disks Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 5 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 A file may be content an application or part of an application or information a program uses in some way Sometimes the relationship between content and file is clear a photo or a letter is usually a single file On the other hand a single email message may be just a part of a large file that contains many messages and related information such as email addresses calendar events etc However you don t need to be concerned about this because Clickfree takes care of all the details for you History Important Although the DVD Transformer backs up all of your conten
18. ace this one file click Skip e Notreplace any same name files check Do this for all duplicate files and click Skip Clickfree skips all remaining same name files without asking you e Replace just this file click Replace e Replace all same name files check Do this for all duplicate files and click Replace Clickfree replaces all remaining same name files without asking you If two files have the same size KB and same date time modified it is likely safe to skip 13 When all of your content has been restored Clickfree tells you that it is done Restore Complete m Your files have been restored to Users WTW Restored Files A Close Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 23 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 How DO CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT By making choices at several steps in the restore process you can choose which content is restored and where it is restored to RESTORING CONTENT To change how Clickfree restores content 1 Follow steps 1 to 5 of the previous section How do I let Clickfree restore decid
19. ansformer 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 Disc complete Please remove this disc and label it A 1 10 Jun 09 on 2p 6 Click OK Browse amp Search Categories Space Used EJ Office Documents 19 22 MB Music 0 00 MB 0 00 MB 0 00 MB 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 When n see the Backup Summary window unplug the DVD Transformer label 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 In addition since Clickfree identifies backups by number date and time you should also write the time of backup if it is possible that you may make more than one backup in a day Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 12 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Backing up my content How DO l CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS You can decide whether Clickfree backs up complete folders or backs up content by category for example
20. asking you e Replace just this file click Replace e Replace all same name files check Do this for all duplicate files and click Replace Clickfree replaces all remaining same name files without asking you If two files have the same size KB and same date time modified it is likely to be safe to skip When all of your content has been restored Clickfree tells you that it is done Restore Complete m Your files have been restored to Close Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 26 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 My program cannot find the restored files what should I do Note Some programs especially those like Apple Mail in which you do not open files from a file open dialog expect to find their files in a particular folder If you restore files to a folder other than the original folder your program may not be able to find them If your program displays an error message telling you that it cannot find its files or if the program starts up but your data is missing you will need to move the files to the proper folder U
21. clickfree Automatic Backup Clickfree DVD Transformer User Guide for Apple Macintosh users Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Contents INTRODUCING CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER Main Features Package contents Definitions BASICS HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK WHAT GETS BACKED UP Clickfree backs up content Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time What content categories does Clickfree back up WHAT DO NEED BEFORE START BACKING UP MY CONTENT HOW DO START USING MY CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER ZERO EFFORT BACKUP REALLY HOW DO l CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS Choosing what to back up Backing up all of the files in selected folders Choosing categories of content to be backed up Choosing folders to search for content RESTORING MY CONTENT Contents na A mm j CON N 10 13 14 14 15 15 19 WHAT IF MY COMPUTER S INTERNAL HARD DISK STOPS WORKING OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER WHAT DO NEED BEFORE CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE OR TRANSFER MY CONTENT HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK What gets restored and to where HOW DO LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 19 19 19 20 20 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT Restoring content Choosing categories of content to be resto
22. con to start the backup Every time after the first time the backup starts by itself When the Clickfree backup starts to run a Welcome window appears and shows the number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically Clickfree Backup will automatically search for and your files in three easy steps Starting backup in 6 L Options View Files Restore Note The View Files and Restore buttons do not appear until you have backed up content using the DVD Transformer Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 9 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 e 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 Without any effort on your part Clickfree is safeguarding your valuable content For details see What gets backed up on page 7 1 If you want to make changes to how backup is done click Options and see How do I change how Clickfree does backups on page 13 Clickfree displays some windows to show progress Clickfree Backup Searching E 3 A Clickfree finished searching your computer for new or changed files
23. e files in selected folders for example your Home folder or you can choose the categories of content to back up for example Office Documents Photos and Videos and the folders to search for these categories e To back up all of the files in selected folders make sure that the radio button to the left of Recommended Select this option to backup all files for is selected 9 Recommended Select this option to backup all files for If it isn t select it and go to step 5 e choose categories and folders to search make sure that the radio button to the left of Select this option to backup by category is selected selectis option to backup by categor If it isn t select it and go to step 7 BACKING UP ALL OF THE FILES IN SELECTED FOLDERS Your home folder is selected by default 5 Choose which folders you want Clickfree to back up completely You can add and remove folders Click the Advanced button near the top right of the Clickfree window then e To add a folder a Click b Navigate to the folder to be added c Click Open e To remove a folder a Select the folder to be removed b Click Note You must choose at least one folder Select the folder s that you would like to copy the entire contents of _ Users wordthatwork iai a _ 6 When you are finished choosing folders click OK twice and go to step 10 Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 14 Clickfree
24. e what to restore and where on page 20 2 What you do next depends on whether you want to restore all or only some of your files e If you want to restore only some of your files continue with step 3 If you want to restore all of your files the default go to step 5 CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED B00 What to restore Select what you would like to restore TEST MAC F 25 05 09 F8 Clickfree Backup Category Total Files Selected Files Size MI Office Documents 25 files 25 files 30 79 MB Music 6 files 6 files 18 13 MB vi Videos 2 files 2 files 11 88 MB vi 9 Photos 66 files 66 files 43 26 MB E Emails and Messages 7 files 7 files 0 09 MB Favorite Websites 123 files 123 files 0 01 MB MD All Others 21 files 21 files 11 55 MB Cancel Note that all of the categories that contain files have checkboxes that you can check or uncheck in the Categories column By default all of them are checked 3 Foreach category whose content you want to restore ensure that the checkbox is checked 4 Click Next You can also choose to restore individual files within each category For details see How do I choose individual files for restore on page 35 in the Advanced topics chapter Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 24 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Restoring my content CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO 5
25. has finished backing up each computer just unplug the DVD Transformer eject the backup disk and store them in a safe place If your data is lost for any reason hard disk crash laptop lost or stolen content accidentally deleted you ll be really happy that you bought and used Clickfree Your backed up content is safe on your Clickfree backup waiting to be restored when you have a working computer again A Clickfree backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a new one Sometimes for a variety of reasons the program may not run by itself it may need a little help If this happens to you don t worry it s easy to get things going We ll show you how a little later For details see What do I do if Clickfree doesn t start automatically on page 36 WHAT GETS BACKED UP CLICKFREE BACKS UP CONTENT At Clickfree we want to protect our customers from losing things that are irreplaceable That s why Clickfree finds and backs up all of the content from wherever it is on your computer When it runs automatically Clickfree backs up everything in your Home folder this is where you normally put all of the content that you create or place in your computer This includes photos music video office documents financial data email etc Most likely this means that it will back up everything that matters to you right out of the box without you having to do anything but plug it in Unless you explicitly ask
26. he backup Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 15 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 Backup Searching a 2 Click below to select individual files Selected Files Size EJ Documents 80 files 19 22 MB olumes QO00 9094 ttc 6 5 6 txt Music 0 files 0 00 MB Videos 0 files 0 00 MB 9 Photos 0 files 0 00 MB C Messages 0 files 0 00 MB Favorite websites 0 files 0 00 MB Clickfree backs up your content 11 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 12 If you previously backed up this computer you can choose whether to backup only files that are new or have changed since the last backup then click I m Ready Start Backup If needed Clickfree prompts you when to put recordable media in your CD DVD writer Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 16
27. he first time the user name is added to the drop down list of users that you see in the Backups box on the Backup Summary window How Do RESTORE MY FILES USING ONLY THE BACKUP DISKS If the DVD Transformer is not available you can restore content using only the backup disk s To restore content using only a backup disk 1 Insert the disk in the computer This disc contains backed up files from Backup date 03 06 09 8 02 AM Backup name WTW Disc 1 3 Jun 09 What would you like to do Restore your backed up files to this computer View browse or search your files Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 30 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 Browse amp Search Categories Space Used E Office Documents 19 22 MB Music 0 00 MB g videos 0 00 MB E Photos You can continue with the normal browsing and searching functions How DO 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 If you want to keep multiple backups of a user s content on the Search Summary window uncheck Only backup files that are new or have changed since the last backup C
28. he update to take effect VERIFY Writing files to CD and DVD is generally a very reliable process with a low error rate However if you are willing to spend the extra time needed during backup approximately double the time you can ask Clickfree to verify the backup that is to check that all files on the backup disk are readable and are identical to the original files To verify backups e Onthe Tools screen check Verify after burn Now every time that you use your DVD Transformer for a backup Clickfree checks all of the files Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 34 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Advanced topics How DO 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 BOC Clickfree Back What to restore Select what you would like to restore Test mac FA 25 05 09 FA Category Total Files Selected Files Size E Documents 25 file 25 files 30 79 MB 6 files 6 files 18 13 MB 11 88 MB To select deselect files within a category 1 Click any of the underlined numbers for example 32files The window that opens lists on the left all of the folders that contain files from the category that corresponds to the number you clicked iPhoto Library Documents Call flo
29. n using the DVD Transformer if you made more than one backup for that user choose the date time of the backup you want to restore files from Note To restore content from more than one user or date time simply repeat the restore process choosing a different user or date time 8 Since you are letting Clickfree restore all of your content simply click Next Where to restore my Files will be restored to Users WTW Restored Files Change Destination Goback Next Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 21 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 Where to restore my Files will be restored to Users WTW Restored Files If necessary Clickfree prompts you to insert the required disk Change Destination Please insert the disc 1 May 26 09 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 Restoring amy Current disc 4595 Overall Progress 45 files Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 22 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Restoring my content 11 Before it overwrites
30. nfortunately this is different for every application and you may need to consult the program s Help or user guide to find out where the files need to be moved to Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation Z7 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Browsing amp searching for my files Browsing amp searching for my files From the Backup Summary window you can e Browse your backup s for files e Search your backup s for files Note 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 STARTING FROM THE WELCOME WINDOW sn au inen h for and bac easy steps Starting backup in 6 Options viewFiles Restore To browse and search for files Before the countdown gets to zero click View Files The Backup Summary window is displayed FROM THE BACKUP SUMMARY WINDOW Browse amp Search Categories Space Used E Office Documents 19 22 MB Music 0 00 MB g Videos 0 00 MB 0 00 MB oe a Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 28 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Browsing amp searching for my files To browse and search for files 1 Inthe Backup box select the name of the user whose files you want to search or browse for 2 Do one of the following e To use the normal Finder fea
31. p to date and correct we make no representations or warranties of any kind express or implied about the completeness accuracy reliability or suitability of the information or related products Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation indirect or consequential loss or damage or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this information or related products The specifications and performance of the products manufactured by Storage Appliance Corporation and featured in this publication may be changed without notice Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation All rights reserved Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 37
32. red Choosing where to restore content to BROWSING amp SEARCHING FOR MY FILES Starting from the Welcome window From the Backup Summary window ADVANCED TOPICS WHAT IF HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER How is backup different when have more than one computer HOW DO RESTORE MY FILES USING ONLY THE BACKUP DISKS HOW DO MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS CLICKFREE TOOLS Manage Backups Master reset Updating Clickfree software Verify HOW DO CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE WHAT DO DO IF CLICKFREE DOESN T START AUTOMATICALLY LEGAL STUFF Copyright 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation Contents 24 24 24 25 28 28 28 30 30 30 30 31 31 32 33 33 34 35 36 37 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 The backup procedure begins once the DVD Transformer has been attached to your computer Caution Please remember that a backup is meant to be a second copy of your computer data not the only copy of your data Having two copies redundancy is what keeps your important data safe Please use
33. rmer you used to back up your content You can restore files without the DVD Transformer but it is more difficult to restore all of your files without the DVD Transformer See How do I restore my files using only the backup disks on page 30 in the Advanced topics chapter Of course you can restore your content to any computer that meets the system requirements see What do I need before I start on page 8 not just to the computer whose content you backed up The easiest way to copy content between computers is to have your backup disks handy and plug the DVD Transformer in to your new computer When the Clickfree application launches just click the Restore button at the bottom of the countdown screen and follow the procedure to restore content in How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where on page 20 How DO GET MY CONTENT BACK To get your content back you don t need to do much more than you did to back the content up it just takes a couple of clicks and the insertion of backup disks when asked As with Clickfree backup you can either make some choices whether to restore all or just selected content and where the content is restored to or you can allow Clickfree to make the choices for you Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 19 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Restoring my content Note At the start of a restore Clickfree asks you to insert a backup disk with a
34. t to backup disks and all of your content can be restored using the backup disks alone that is without using the DVD Transformer if possible you should always perform restores and transfers with the DVD Transformer plugged in This is because backup history is stored on the DVD Transformer This includes information about which disk holds which files and in particular which disk has the most up to date version of a file that has been backed up more than once Without the DVD Transformer to restore your files you will likely need to run restore from multiple backups to be sure that you can restore all of your files in their most current versions Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 6 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 You can back up as many computers as you like with the Clickfree DVD Transformer The same thing happens each time you plug it into a new computer And information about each of your backed up computers is kept separate on the DVD Transformer When Clickfree
35. tures to find and open your files Click Backup View e To browse your files by category click any of the underlined numbers for example 37 files The window that opens lists on the left all of the folders that contain files from the category that corresponds to the number you clicked Call flowc LP direct 1 Volunteer Sales Man Understa e Office Documents iPhoto Library Documents PDL WTW Users WTW Desktop gt direct leap Close Select a folder to view the files it contains Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 29 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Advanced topics Advanced topics WHAT IF 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 This allows Clickfree to back up content for more than one computer and user without the files getting mixed up with each other even if all of the computers and users have the same names HOW IS BACKUP DIFFERENT WHEN HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER It makes no difference at all just plug the DVD Transformer in to each computer to back up its users content Each time you back up a user s content for t
36. up content using the DVD Transformer the countdown window now shows buttons at the bottom to allow you to View Files and Restore files Clickfree Backup will automatically 1 search for and backup your files in three easy steps EN 3 Starting backup in 6 Options View Files Restore Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 20 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 What to restore Select what you would like to restore TEST MAC F 25 05 09 FA Category Total Files Selected Files Size M Office Documents 25 files 25 files 30 79 MB Mi music 6 files 6 files 18 13 MB 2 files 11 88 MB 66 files 43 26 MB 7 files 0 09 MB ee ee Va B 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 If you have used the DVD Transformer to make backups for your user name the Select what you would like to restore box by default contains your user name and unless you change it the content to be restored will come from your user account 7 Choose a user from the list that contains the names of all of the users whose files have been backed up o
37. wc LP direct Volunteer Sales Man Understa Lj PDL WTW gt Users WTW gt Desktop gt direct leap gt sources Select a folder to view the files it contains By default all of the files in the folder are selected Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 35 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 DO IF CLICKFREE DOESN T START AUTOMATICALLY If Clickfree does not run when you plug in the Clickfree Traveler Ensure you are using a supported Mac computer OSX Leopard 10 5 or higher Intel based 2 Ensure that you have administrative rights to the computer If Clickfree still does not run contact Clickfree support Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 36 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Legal stuff Legal stuff Clickfree and the Clickfree logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Storage Appliance Corporation Other product names used in this guide are recognized as trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners The information contained in this guide is provided by Storage Appliance Corporation and while we try to keep the information u
38. your Clickfree DVD Transformer to keep a safe copy of your data MAIN FEATURES Clickfree backup technology e Automatically starts when connected to your computer e Does not require any software installation or setup e For most users automatically backs up everything that matters Customizable backup options e Includes options for custom file types and full folder backup e Still runs as Clickfree even after customizing settings e Remembers your customized settings for each user you use it with Multi computer backup e Holds information about all of the backups you make while using it It can hold the information for any number of computers Note You need separate recordable media for each computer each CD or DVD can be used for only one backup Easy restore to same or other computer e Backed up content can quickly and easily be restored e You don t need the DVD Transformer to restore content if necessary a restore can be done using only the recordable media containing the backed up files However unless the DVD Transformer is not available you should always use it for a restore e Youcan just as easily restore content to a different computer as to the original one e This makes the Clickfree DVD Transformer a great way to move your content from your old computer to your new one Copyright O 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation 4 Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer
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