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- Page 1 Paraben’s Photo Backup Stick V4.0 ________________________________ User Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Photo Backup Stick for Computers Contents About Paraben’s Photo Backup Stick for Computers ............3 What’s New? ........................4 Getting Started ........................ 5 Backing Up Phones & Tablets - Using the Windows App ..........8 Application User Interface ..................... 10 Scan for Photos ...................... -
Page 3: About Paraben's Photo Backup Stick For Computers
& devices attached to the computer. There are no monthly cloud storage fees. With the Photo Backup Stick, you have a physical device with a copy of your precious photos and videos. -
Page 4: What's New
Photo Backup Stick for Computers What’s New? • Updated the Windows App: Added a Photo Viewer to make viewing photos easier. Improved the interface to make scanning for photos in different locations easier. • Updated the Apple Mac App: Added a Photo Viewer to make viewing photos easier. -
Page 5: Getting Started
& Tablets. Backing Up from Windows Computers To quickly backup all photos stored on your computer, plug the Photo Backup Stick into a USB port on your computer. Run the PhotoBackupStartup.exe app found on your Photo Backup Stick USB drive. - Page 6 Photo Backup Stick for Computers Next, choose where to back up from: • Backup from my Pictures folder – backs up from the Pictures folder for the current user (note: if you are backing up videos, they will be backed up from the Videos folder).
- Page 7 After the backup is complete, click the Close button. On the complete screen, you can choose to view the backed-up photos, go to the Start Page, or Exit the program. That’s it. Your files are backed up to the “Backup” folder on your Photo Backup Stick Universal drive.
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Page 8: Backing Up Phones & Tablets - Using The Windows App
“Media device (MTP) in the notifications. Also, you will need to trust the computer on Apple devices. Next, run the Photo Backup Stick Windows app: On the next screen, check the box next to your connected device. Note: You can back up your PC and other devices connected to your computer at the same time. - Page 9 Photo Backup Stick for Computers After checking the box for your connected device, click the Start Backup button to begin your photo backup. You will see the progress of the backup.
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Page 10: Application User Interface
About – Tells you the version number, copyright info, and support info for the Photo Backup Stick – Opens the backup folder on your Photo Backup Stick USB drive Note: This button will not be active until you have done a backup... - Page 11 Photo Backup Stick for Computers Backup Page The backup page shows you what devices are available to back up. By default, the PC will always be available. If you have an iOS device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch) or an Android phone or tablet connected to your computer, they will appear here.
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Page 12: Scan For Photos
Photo Backup Stick for Computers Scan for Photos By default, the Photo Backup Stick only backs up photos from the Pictures folder and videos from the Videos folder of the current user. Many people store photos and videos in different locations. The Photo Backup Stick allows you to select specific folders or entire drives to scan for photos/videos. - Page 13 Photo Backup Stick for Computers Click the “Add” button. A Windows explorer window will open. Navigate to the drive or folder you want to backup using the left-side navigation. Once you have selected a drive or folder, click the “Select Folder” button on the bottom left.
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Page 14: Photo & Video Types
Repeat the process of adding and removing locations until you have added all the locations. Remember, the Photo Backup Stick will scan all folders and sub folders in a location recursively so you only have to add the top-level folder and it will find all photos in that folder and all folders and sub-folders in the top folder. -
Page 15: Remove Duplicates
Photo Backup Stick for Computers Remove Duplicates The Photo Backup Stick is designed so it will only backup photos once. This means if you perform a backup on a computer, phone, or tablet, it will back up all the photos once. - Page 16 If you want to proceed, click the “Yes” button. After it scans for duplicates, the Photo Backup Stick will ask you one more time if you want to procced to remove duplicates. This operation cannot be undone so be sure you want duplicates removed before you click “Yes”.
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Page 17: Copying Your Backup To Another Location
A window will pop up. Navigate to the drive or folder you want to copy your files to and click the “Select Folder” button. Your files backed up on your Photo Backup Stick will be copied to the location you selected. - Page 18 Photo Backup Stick for Computers Note: We recommend that you have more than one copy of your photos/videos. USB drives are small and can be easily lost or stolen. Also, static charges or other external factors can render a USB drive inoperable making it impossible to access your backups.
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Page 19: Organize Backups
Once your backup has completed, you can click the “View Photos” button to open the backup folder that contains your photos. You can also go back to the Start Page or Exit the program. Your photos will remain backed up to your Photo Backup Stick USB drive until you delete them. - Page 20 Photo Backup Stick for Computers Note: Besides the “View Backup” button on the screen after a backup is complete, you can also view photos by going to the Start Page and clicking the “View Backup” button there. You can also view photos without running the backup app by plugging in your stick and navigating to the “backup”...
- Page 21 Photo Backup Stick for Computers You can also use the “View” tab to organize your photos by creation date, size, name or other attributes. Under the “Group by” button, select how you want to organize your photos: Note: If your backups are organized the same way they were on your computer, you may need to open several folders before getting to the folders where your photos are stored.
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Page 22: Deleting Backups
Deleting Individual Backups – To delete individual backups, plug your Photo Backup Stick into your computer. Open the Photo Backup Stick folder and then open the folder called “backup”. Select the backup you want to delete. Once selected, hit the Delete key... - Page 23 Deleting Individual Photos or Folders – If you only want to delete some photos or even some folders from your backups, plug your Photo Backup Stick into your computer. Open the Photo Backup Stick folder and then open the folder called “backup”.
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Page 24: Troubleshooting
Photo Backup Stick for Computers Troubleshooting Many issues you may run into while using the Photo Backup Stick can be resolved with this troubleshooting section. We also offer support at our website including video tutorials, live chat, email, and phone support. - Page 25 If you do not have enough storage space on your iPhone/iPad/iPod do download all your photos from iCloud, another option is to login to icloud.com from your computer and download your photos to your computer and use the Photo Backup Stick to back up from your computer.
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Page 26: Restoring Your Photo Backup Stick
Photo Backup Restore app. Please Note: Restoring your drive to factory settings will wipe any backups from your Photo Backup Stick! Please use the Copy backup from the stick to PC feature to save your backup to your computer before restoring your stick. -
Page 27: How Many Photos/Videos Can I Backup
Unfortunately, there is no way to know exactly how many photos/videos you can store on your Photo Backup Stick because each photo is a different size and photo sizes can vary. Most smartphones take photos between 2.5-3MB but some phones and cameras can take photos over 8MB each.
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how do I just open bac up stic on my laptop please?
To open the Paraben Photo Backup Stick on your laptop, follow these steps:
1. Plug the Photo Backup Stick into a USB port on your laptop.
2. Wait for your computer to detect the device.
3. Open the backup software included on the stick.
4. If the software does not open automatically, navigate to the USB drive in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) and manually launch the application.
If you encounter issues, refer to the troubleshooting section in the manual.
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