Customizing The Button Backup Script - Acomdata HD500FPMM User Manual

Customizing the
Button Backup Script
This section shows you how to change the Button Backup script to perform
Backups rather than Duplicates. For an explanation of the differences see
"Duplicates vs. Backups. "
If you change the Button Backup script to perform another type of operation,
the old script will be overwritten and no longer available.
1. If Retrospect Express
is not running, launch
the application by
double-clicking the
Retrospect Express
application icon in
your Applications
folder––do not press
the PushButton™.
2. In the Retrospect
Express Directory
window (Figure 8),
click on the Configure
tab, and then click
Preferences. FIGURE 8
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3. In the Preferences
window (Figure 9),
highlight Media
Handling in the list
on the left, and then
select "Use FireWire/
USB hard drives as
removable disks."
Click OK.
4. In the Retrospect
Express Directory
window, click on the
Automate tab. In the
Automate screen,
click on the Scripts
FIGURE 9
button. In the Scripts
window (Figure 10)
you will see the
script Retrospect
Button Backup
(Duplicate).
5. Highlight the script.
In the Scripts pull-
down menu at the
top of your screen,
select Forget...
You will see an alert
FIGURE 10
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