Clickfree Backup Drive User Manual

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Clickfree Backup Drive User Guide
for Apple Macintosh users

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  • Page 1 Clickfree Backup Drive User Guide for Apple Macintosh users...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Definitions ASICS OW DOES LICKFREE WORK HAT GETS BACKED UP Clickfree backs up content Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time? What content categories does Clickfree back up? HAT DO NEED BEFORE START ACKING UP MY CONTENT...
  • Page 3 Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide OW DO LICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE OW DO CHANGE HOW LICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT Restoring content Choosing categories of content to be restored Choosing where to restore content to &...
  • Page 4: I Ntroducing C Lickfree B Ackup D Rive

    No hardware configuration or software installation is required. The backup procedure begins once the Backup Drive has been attached to your computer.
  • Page 5: Package Contents

    The only exception to this is if you previously used your Backup Drive with a non-Mac computer and saved files on it outside of reformat the Backup Drive for use with the Mac, all data on the disk will be lost. Be sure to copy valuable content before reformatting.
  • Page 6 Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree Backup Drive 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.
  • Page 7: Basic

    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 32.
  • Page 8 Other – including Stuffit and hqx files, XML, and comma-separated values files Want to know more? You can look at the details by following the steps in “How do I change how Clickfree does backups” on page 12 without making any changes. HAT DO...
  • Page 9: B Acking Up My Content

    Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. LICKFREE ACKUP RIVE Backup Drive: Backup Drive to your computer by connecting one end of the USB window to appear. You may have to wait up to a full minute for Clickfree Backup Drive. Clickfree...
  • Page 10 Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide You then see a dialog that allows you to choose to make the Backup Drive work with the Mac by formatting it as HFS. Click When the Clickfree number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically:...
  • Page 11 Finder window (see “Browsing & searching for my files” on page 25, or simply unplug the Clickfree Backup Drive and store it in a safe place, or leave it plugged in and just push the Backup button at any time to perform another backup. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
  • Page 12: How Do I Start Using My Clickfree Backup Drive?

    ♦ To review or change what gets backed up: 1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of the procedure “How do I start using my Clickfree Backup Drive?” on page 9.
  • Page 13: Backing Up All Of The Files In Selected Folders

    Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide ACKING UP ALL OF THE FILES IN SELECTED FOLDERS Your home folder is selected by default. 4. Choose which folders you want remove folders. Click the Advanced button near the top right of the •...
  • Page 14: Choosing Folders To Search For Content

    See “What if there is not enough space on my Clickfree Backup Drive?” on page 16. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
  • Page 15 Finder window (see “Browsing & searching for my files” on page 25), or simply unplug the Clickfree Backup Drive and store it in a safe place, or leave it plugged in and just push the Backup button at any time to perform another backup.
  • Page 16: H Ow Do I Change How C Lickfree Does Backups

    Clickfree is searching for content to back up, it adds up the amount of disk space needed and compares that with the free space on the Backup Drive. If there is not enough free space for your content, and adjust your settings: For example, you might want to reduce the number of file categories being backed up.
  • Page 17: What Do I Need Before I Start?

    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 working computer again.
  • Page 18: How Do Ilet Clickfree Restore Decide What To Restore And Where

    For details, see: • “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 18 • “How do I change how Clickfree restores content?” on page 21 OW DO...
  • Page 19 If your Backup Drive contains backups created for your user name, the the User you would like to restore you change it, the content to be restored will come from your user account.
  • Page 20 Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the one Keep Both. . Clickfree, without asking you, renames the remaining backed-up Skip Do this for all duplicate files skips all remaining same-name files without asking you.
  • Page 21: How Do Ichange How Clickfree Restores Content

    ♦ To change how Clickfree 1. Follow steps 1 to 8 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 18. 2. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore all or only some of your files.
  • Page 22: Choosing Where To Restore Content To

    Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide HOOSING 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, click step 8.
  • Page 23 Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the same- Keep Both. . Clickfree, without asking you, renames the remaining backed-up Skip Do this for all duplicate files skips all remaining same-name files without asking you.
  • Page 24 Help or user guide to find out where the files need to be moved to. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. Clickfree Backup Drive and store it in a safe place, or Clickfree Restoring my content backup: it is still safe on the...
  • Page 25: Browsing & Searching For My Files

    Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide Browsing & searching for my files From the Backup Summary • Browse your backup(s) for files • Search your backup(s) for files TARTING FROM THE ♦ To browse and search for files: Before the countdown gets to zero, click displayed.
  • Page 26: How Do Ibrowse My Backed - Up Files

    Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide OW DO BROWSE MY BACKED ♦ To browse for files that you have backed up: 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: Select a folder to view the files it contains.
  • Page 27: Advanced Topics

    OW IS BACKUP DIFFERENT WHEN It makes no difference at all - just plug the Backup Drive in to each computer to back up its users’ content. Each time you back up a user’s content for the first time, the user name is added to the drop down list of users that you see in the window.
  • Page 28: Manage Backups

    Backup Drive by removing the user from Clickfree. Warning: If you have not restored the content and you still want to keep it, do not remove the user from Clickfree: you cannot restore content from a user that you have removed.
  • Page 29: Master Reset

    Backup Drive. Clickfree may take several minutes to erase the content backed up on the Backup Drive. To see how to remove the content from all users, see ”Master reset” on page 29. ASTER RESET ♦...
  • Page 30: Updating Clickfree Software

    Backup Drive and your computer is up to date, Clickfree shows you what progress is being made in Clickfree Backup Drive from your computer and not to turn off or Advanced topics is checked on the Tools is unchecked on the...
  • Page 31: How Do Ichoose Individual Files For Restore

    Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide OW DO CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE On the What to restore 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.
  • Page 32: What Do Ido If Clickfree Doesnt Start Automatically

    Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide HAT DO DO IF LICKFREE DOESN Clickfree does not run when you plug in the • Ensure you are using a supported Mac computer: OSX Leopard 10.5 or higher, Intel based. • Ensure that you have administrative rights to the computer.
  • Page 33: Legal Stuff

    Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide Legal stuff Clickfree and the Clickfree 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...

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