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  • Page 1 Paraben’s Photo Backup Stick V4.1 ________________________________ User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Photo Backup Stick Contents About Paraben’s Photo Backup Stick ................3 What’s New? ........................4 Getting Started ........................ 5 Backing Up from Windows Computers ................5 Viewing and Editing Photos with the Windows App ............8 Backing Up from Apple Mac Computers ............... 10 Backing Viewing and Editing Photos with the Mac App ..........

  • Page 3: About Paraben's Photo Backup Stick

    There are no monthly cloud storage fees. One tool backs up all your devices. With the Photo Backup Stick, you have a physical device with a copy of your precious photos and videos. Please Note: To extend the life of flash drives, please follow these tips 1.

  • Page 4: What's New

    TVs. Added HEIC to JPEG converter to convert Apple iOS images to standard format. • Updated the Android App: Added the Phone2Frame Photo Editor to allow you to edit photos for digital frames and TVs. © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    (iPhone/iPad), or Android (Android phones and 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 You will see the progress of the backup. Please Note: Files are backed up from smallest to largest so the progress will slow down as more files are backed up. Video files can take a very long time to back up. © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...
  • Page 7 Explorer (View Photos), go to the Home Page, or Exit the program. That’s it. Your files are backed up to the “Backup” folder on your Photo Backup Stick USB drive under a folder named after your computer. Your photos may be located in sub-folders in the same structure they were found on your computer if the Option to organize backups is selected (i.e.

  • Page 8: Viewing And Editing Photos With The Windows App

    Using the Phone2Frame Feature ® The Photo Backup Stick for Windows app now has the Phone2Frame photo viewing and editing feature so you can edit your photos to fit digital frames and smart TVs like a professional. To get started, click on the Photo Viewer button. This will launch the Photo Viewer /...
  • Page 9 To crop photos so they fit the frame properly, use the buttons to enlarge or reduce the photo until it takes up as much of the frame without cropping out people as you want: © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...

  • Page 10: Backing Up From Apple Mac Computers

    Backing Up from Apple Mac Computers To quickly backup all photos stored on your computer, plug the Photo Backup Stick into a USB port on your computer. Open the PHOTOBACKUP drive when it appears on your desktop and then run the PhotoBackupStick app.
  • Page 11 For instructions, see the “Backing Up Androids – Using the Computers App” or “Backing Up iPhones/iPads/iPods – Using the Computers App” sections of the help file. Click the Start Backup button to begin your photo backup. © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...
  • Page 12 Finder app (View Photos), go to the Home Page, or Exit the program. That’s it. Your files are backed up to the “Backup” folder on your Photo Backup Stick USB drive under a folder named after your computer. Your photos may be located in sub-folders in the same structure they were found on your computer if the Option to organize backups is selected (i.e.

  • Page 13: Backing Viewing And Editing Photos With The Mac App

    Using the Phone2Frame Feature ® The Photo Backup Stick for Mac app now has the Phone2Frame photo viewing and editing feature so you can edit your photos to fit digital frames and smart TVs like a professional. To get started, click on the Photo Viewer button. This will launch the Photo Viewer /...
  • Page 14 To crop photos so they fit the frame properly, use the buttons to enlarge or reduce the photo until it takes up as much of the frame without cropping out people as you want: © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...

  • Page 15: Backing Up From Ios Devices (Iphones, Ipads, & Ipods) - Direct Connect

    To back up photos and videos from your Apple iOS device, you must first download and install the Photo Backup Stick app from the App Store. When you plug the Photo Backup Stick Universal into your iOS device for the first time, it will prompt you to install the app.
  • Page 16 To backup from iOS devices with USB-C connections, follow the instructions on backing up phones and tablets from computers. Allow your device to communicate with the Photo Backup Stick Universal when prompted by tapping “Allow”. After you click “Allow” the app will open. The first time you run the app, a message about iCloud backups appears.
  • Page 17 After your backup finishes, you will see this screen: About HEIC Photos Apple devices take photos in HEIC format by default. The most common format for photos is JPEG. Most Smart TVs, Digital Frames, and other applications cannot display © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...

  • Page 18: Viewing And Editing Photos With The Ios App

    JPEG format. Please note that this may take a long time and JPEG photos take up more space on the stick. Please Note: If you have the Photo Backup Stick for Computers, please see the section on Backing Up Phones & Tablets - Using the Windows App.
  • Page 19 Selecting a folder with sub-folders will display all photos in the folder and sub- folder. When at least one folder is selected, the Next button will activate. Tap it when you are ready to start viewing/editing photos. © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...
  • Page 20 Tap the Save button to save the photo and go to the next. Note, this will overwrite the backup copy of the photo on the stick but not the original photo on the device it was backed up from. © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...

  • Page 21: Backing Up From Android Phones & Tablets - Direct Connect

    Assign the Photo Backup Stick drive to the App When you first run the app and plug the Photo Backup Stick into your Android device, it will ask if you want to allow access to the USB device. Select the box to “Use by default for this USB device”...
  • Page 22 Photos or only Videos. Your pictures and videos will be backed up to the Photo Backup Stick under the “backup” folder in a sub-folder with the name of the device (e.g. Samsung GT- I9500).

  • Page 23: Viewing And Editing Photos With The Android App

    Using the Phone2Frame Feature ® The Photo Backup Stick Android app now has the Phone2Frame photo viewing and editing feature so you can edit your photos to fit digital frames and smart TVs like a professional. To get started, click on the View / Edit Photos button. This will launch the Phone2Frame photo viewer and editor.
  • Page 24 Tap the Save button to save the photo and go to the next. Note, this will overwrite the backup copy of the photo on the stick but not the original photo on the device it was backed up from. © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...

  • Page 25: Backing Up Phones & Tablets Using The Computer Apps

    Please note, you must have email setup on the device to send logs to us. Please Note: If you have the Photo Backup Stick for Computers, please see the section on Backing Up Phones & Tablets - Using the Windows App.

  • Page 26: Application User Interface

    Application User Interface Windows Start Page Buttons The Start Page has six buttons Start Backup – Starts your photo backup according to the selected options Photo Viewer – Opens the Phone2Frame photo viewer and editor © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...
  • Page 27 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 28: Scanning For Photos

    Photo Backup Stick Scanning 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 29 “Select Folder” button on the bottom left. An explorer window will open. Navigate to the drive or folder you want to backup. Once you have selected a drive or folder, click the “Open” button on the bottom left. © Photo Backup Stick 2021 https://photobackupstick.com...
  • Page 30 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 31: Photo & Video Types

    Click the “OK” button to save your changes. 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 32 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”.

  • Page 33: Copying Your Backup To Another Location

    Note: Similar photos are not the same as duplicates. If you take several photos of the same thing, these are not duplicate photos and the Photo Backup Stick cannot detect that they are similar. Only exact duplicates will be removed with this process. If a photo has an exact duplicate but it has been edited, cropped, a filter has been used, or the photo has been changed in any way, it will no longer be detectible as a duplicate.

  • Page 34: Convert Heic To Jpeg (Mac App)

    Photo Viewer Button – This opens the Phone2Frame photo viewer and editor. Here, you can view, delete, and edit photos. You can sort photos by date, name, or file size. View Backup Button – This opens the “Backup” folder from the Photo Backup Stick in a new window on your computer.

  • Page 35: Deleting Backups

    Note: The Photo Viewer with Phone2Frame features allows you to delete photos or entire folders. Deleting All Backups Windows – Plug your Photo Backup Stick into your computer. Open the Photo Backup Stick folder and select the folder called “backup”. Once selected, hit the Delete key on your keyboard or right-click and select “Delete”.
  • Page 36 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 on your keyboard or right-click and select “Delete”.

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting

    Deleting Backups Mac – Plug your Photo Backup Stick into your computer. Open the Photo Backup Stick drive and select the folder called “Backup”. Then drag it to the trash can. Your Backup folder is now in the trash but is not actually deleted from your Photo Backup Stick and is still taking up space.

  • Page 38: 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 39: 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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