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  • Page 1 Intego Backup Assistant Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual...
  • Page 2 Intego http://lacie.intego.com This manual was written for use with Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro software for Macintosh. This manual and the Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro software described in it are copyrighted, with all rights reserved. This manual and the Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro software may not be copied, except as otherwise provided in your software license or as expressly permitted in writing by Intego.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1—About Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro......5    What are Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro? ......6   How Intego Backup Manager Pro Protects Your Files ............8   Why You Need to Protect your Data..................10  ...
  • Page 4 By e-mail ..............................84   From the Intego web site ........................84   Updating Intego Backup Assistant or Intego Backup Manager Pro ..........84   Upgrading Intego Backup Assistant to Intego Backup Manager Pro..........84 8—Glossary ........................85  Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual...

  • Page 5: 1-About Intego Backup Assistant And Intego Backup Manager Pro

    1—About Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 5...

  • Page 6: What Are Intego Backup Assistant And Intego Backup Manager Pro

    The remainder of this manual will discuss Intego Backup Manager Pro, but all functions that are not preceded by the PRO icon above are available in both programs. Intego Backup Assistant can only make backups to LaCie hard disks and network storage devices. Intego Backup Manager Pro can back up your files to most media, including: Partitions on your hard drive •...
  • Page 7 And, of course, both programs can restore files to your computer as easily as they back them up. If you are using Intego Backup Assistant and wish to upgrade to Intego Backup Manager Pro, you can do so by opening the application, then choosing Intego Backup Assistant > Upgrade to Pro Version.

  • Page 8: How Intego Backup Manager Pro Protects Your Files

    (In our example above, these files would go from the external disk to your MacBook.) Of course, these files will only be current as of the last time you performed a backup: if you’ve Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 8...
  • Page 9 “restore” the bootable backup to your Mac by performing a bootable backup in the opposite direction. You’ll then be up and running without having to reinstall Mac OS X, its system updates, and your own applications. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 9...

  • Page 10: Why You Need To Protect Your Data

    And it continues to protect you through automated schedules that ensure you always have an up-to-date backup. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 10...

  • Page 11: How You Can Lose Data

    Someone steals your computer, and all its data. • A fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster destroys data on your hard drive. • You erase a file by accident. • Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 11...

  • Page 12: Backup Decisions

    Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 12...
  • Page 13 (or a network location) every few hours is wise. Then, complete daily or weekly backups provide additional protection to cover all files, whether you have worked on them or not. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 13...
  • Page 14 Then, if problems occur, you can restart your Mac from this disk and get to work immediately. In any case, you should develop a backup strategy that corresponds to the way you work—and perform regular backups. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 14...

  • Page 15: Using Scripts To Automate Backups

    Scans them with Intego VirusBarrier X5; • Backs them up, keeping only the two latest versions, then; • Shuts down your Mac. • We’ll discuss scripts in detail in chapter 4 (Script Options). Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 15...

  • Page 16: Getting The Most From This User's Manual

    Finally, a glossary at the end of the manual defines technical terms, while a technical support directory tells you where to go for help if you run into a problem that can’t be solved by reading this manual. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 16...

  • Page 17: System Requirements

    • Installing Intego Backup Assistant or Intego Backup Manager In most cases, you will install your software using the LaCie Setup Assistant, which you will find on your LaCie hard disk or network storage device. Double-click the LaCie icon, and follow the Setup Assistant’s instructions.
  • Page 18 In some cases, you’ll receive a CD with your LaCie hard disk containing software. Insert the CD and double-click the Intego Backup Assistant or Intego Backup Manager Pro installer icon. The installer will launch, and you’ll see the following screen: Click Continue to proceed with installation.

  • Page 19: Serializing Intego Backup Manager Pro

    CD. If you upgrade from Intego Backup Assistant to Intego Backup Manager Pro, you will have received a serial number by e-mail after your purchase. When you have entered your information, click OK. The program will now open.

  • Page 20: Using Intego Backup Manager Pro In Evaluation Mode

    To do this, choose Intego Backup Manager Pro > About. This screen tells you that the program is in evaluation mode, and shows the time remaining in evaluation mode. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 20...

  • Page 21: 2-Quick Start

    2—Quick Start Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 21...

  • Page 22: Your First Backup

    Your First Backup To launch Intego Backup Assistant or Intego Backup Manager Pro, navigate to your Applications folder in the Finder, then double-click the Intego Backup Assistant or Intego Backup Manager Pro icon. Intego Backup Assistant Intego Backup Manager Pro The first time you launch the program it displays a dialog offering to create a script.
  • Page 23 Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 23...

  • Page 24: 3-Managing Scripts

    3—Managing Scripts Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 24...

  • Page 25: Getting Started With Scripts

    Getting Started With Scripts Regardless of whether you use Intego Backup Manager Pro for backups, bootable backups or synchronizations, you’ll tell the program what you want it to do by creating a script. A script consists of two parts: 1. Indication of the source of files to copy and their destination. 2.
  • Page 26 First, hover the cursor over the vertical dividing line between the list of scripts and the rest of the window, or over the tiny vertical lines next to the word “script” at the top of the script Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 26...
  • Page 27 Now you have just one script called “untitled backup script”. To change this name, highlight it where it appears at the top of the window and type in its new name. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 27...
  • Page 28 A new script appears with the same name as the one you just duplicated, but with the word “copy” at the end. You can then change its name to whatever you like in the manner described above. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 28...

  • Page 29: Sources And Destinations

    Mac OS X, and its destination must be a medium that can be booted. (Intego Backup Manager Pro does not create bootable backups on DVDs.) Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 29...

  • Page 30: Creating Sources And Destinations

    Dragging and dropping items from the Finder to their locations in Intego Backup • Manager Pro. Clicking in the source or destination area of the window, finding an item you want to use, • and clicking Select. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 30...
  • Page 31 Option-Command-D to select a destination (as is shown in the above menu). Using popup menus that appear the source and destination areas of Intego • Backup Manager Pro’s main window. These only appear when creating bootable backups. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 31...

  • Page 32: Other Sources And Destinations

    By default, the Kind menu shows Local File or Folder. Click that menu, and you’ll see the other options available. The sources available are the following: And you can choose from the following destinations: Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 32...

  • Page 33: Network Drives

    You can use any network drive as a source or destination with Intego Backup Manager Pro; Intego Backup Assistant can only use a LaCie drive as a network destination. To do this, select the network drive in the Kind menu. A dialog displays where you can enter information for your network drive: First, enter an address.

  • Page 34: Spotlight Search

    If the smart folder is in the Finder sidebar, click the folder, then drag its “proxy” icon—the icon in the title bar of the window—onto the Source section of the Intego Backup Manager Pro window. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 34...

  • Page 35: Idisk

    If you wish to back up a folder, or use a folder as destination, click it and click Select. To choose your entire iDisk as a source, hold down the Command key and click on the selected folder to deselect it, then click Select. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 35...

  • Page 36: Optical Discs

    You can only choose between copying only changed files or copying all files each time you run your backup. If you copy everything each time you run the backup, each backup disc (or set of Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 36...
  • Page 37 DVDs. This allows you to use empty space on CDs for incremental backups. If you back up to CDs, and have only used half the capacity of a CD, Intego Backup Manager Pro will be able to use the remaining space for your next backup. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 37...

  • Page 38: Disk Images

    Manager Pro determines the appropriate size. If you run a subsequent backup, Intego Backup Manager Pro enlarges the size of the disk image if necessary. You therefore don’t need to worry about how big it is. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 38...

  • Page 39: Changing Sources And Destinations

    Change Source...; selecting it is the same as clicking the pencil icon. (You can only select one synchronization source.) A single folder, volume, or drive, on any Mac OS-readable medium. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 39...
  • Page 40 If you attempt to make them the same, Intego Backup Manager Pro intelligently changes the previously chosen one so they’re not the same. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 40...

  • Page 41: Locking, Exporting, And Importing Scripts

    Hold the Control key while clicking the script in the script list, then select Lock Settings • from the contextual menu that appears; Choose Script > Lock Settings; or • Press Command-L. • Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 41...
  • Page 42 But Intego Backup Manager Pro gives you much, much more control over operations than you’ve seen so far. The next chapter shows you what your options are—and how to access them. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 42...

  • Page 43: 4-Script Options

    4—Script Options Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 43...

  • Page 44: Overview Of Intego Backup Manager Pro's Script Options

    Each set of options shows up in its own section of the Options part of Intego Backup Manager Pro’s main window. But you don’t Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 44...
  • Page 45 Press the same command-key combination that causes the option to appear; or • Select the same menu item that causes the option to appear. • In any case, a dialog box will ask you to confirm your choice. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 45...

  • Page 46: Schedules

    Choose Script > Options > Schedule • Press Command-1 • Click the Schedule button at the bottom of Intego Backup Manager Pro’s main window. • The Schedule options display. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 46...
  • Page 47 Once the script is completed, the computer will remain on—unless you also turn on an option in the Finishing section to put the computer back to sleep when done. (To learn Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 47...
  • Page 48 Mac’s startup drive, this option will not be available. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 48...

  • Page 49: Preparation: Preprocessing Files

    When you check this box, you’ll see a dialogue box asking you to select the program to be run; to change it later, click the Choose... button. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 49...

  • Page 50: Exceptions

    – button next to a condition removes it from the list. You can also modify filter conditions by simply changing their popup menu options or typing new data into the data fields. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 50...
  • Page 51 In the example below, files will only be copied if they: Are Microsoft Office files (such as Word documents), or • Are in a certain folder named “Documents to back up”, or • Have the name “Finances”. • Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 51...

  • Page 52: Options

    Synchronization • Press Command-6, • Click the Synchronization Options button at the • bottom of Intego Backup Manager Pro’s main window. We’ll look at each of these individually. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 52...

  • Page 53: Backup Options

    “Back up to root level of destination when only one source is defined” produces a “mirror” • of the source that could be less complicated than other backup schemes. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 53...
  • Page 54 Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 54...

  • Page 55: Bootable Backup Options

    Mac in case of problems. (Your Mac uses invisible virtual memory files that can take up several GB of space.) Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 55...

  • Page 56: Synchronization Options

    A synchronization coordinates the files contained in two folders or volumes so they both have the same versions of all files. Intego Backup Assistant can run synchronization scripts of folders or volumes to a LaCie hard disk, but not to another Mac.
  • Page 57 To determine who that is on your Mac, choose the Apple menu > System Preferences... > Accounts: users with such power will have “Admin” under their names. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 57...

  • Page 58: Finishing: Postprocessing Files

    Mac down, or run another script. If you select “Run script”, you’ll see another popup menu, listing all available scripts. In this way you could have Intego Backup Manager Pro perform a series of scripts, one after the other, and finally shut down. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 58...

  • Page 59: 5-Backing Up, Synchronizing And Restoring

    5—Backing Up, Synchronizing and Restoring Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 59...

  • Page 60: What Happens When You Click "Play

    Of course, since it stores files in their native format, you can also just drag them from one folder to another in Mac OS X. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 60...

  • Page 61: Preview

    Alternately, you can enter Preview mode by choosing the menu selection Script > Preview, or pressing Command-Option-Return. The bottom part of the window will look something like this: Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 61...
  • Page 62 A checkmark appears next to those that are showing: to hide them, simply select them from the gear menu again. Here’s the same window, with all information visible. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 62...
  • Page 63 Change To column: you’ll see a popup menu, from which you can choose to disable that item from being copied. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 63...
  • Page 64 Once you’ve confirmed that the backup or synchronization script will go as you like, you can run it by pressing the Play button, or go back to the main window by clicking the Edit Mode button in the window’s lower-right corner. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 64...

  • Page 65: Running Scripts

    A small icon also appears next to the script’s name. Once preparation is complete, this icon changes to show that the script is copying files. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 65...
  • Page 66 In this case, our copy speed peaked at about 9MB/s, or nine megabytes per second. Moving the slider at the bottom lets you see a longer or shorter time period. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 66...
  • Page 67 However, it will continue until you respond to a dialog box confirming your choice. (If you want the script to stop immediately in the future when you press the Stop button, check the box labeled “Do not show this message again for this script”.) Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 67...
  • Page 68 The Reveal Destination button is a handy way to look at the newly copied files in the Finder. Click the Edit Mode button to continue working with Intego Backup Manager Pro scripts. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 68...

  • Page 69: Logs: Reviewing What Happened

    By default the list is sorted with the most recently run script at the top; to re-sort them in reverse order, click the Date & Time column header (shown with blue highlighting in this example). Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 69...
  • Page 70 To remove entries from the log window, first click them, then either click the – button, or press the Delete key. In either case a dialog box will ask you to confirm your choice. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 70...

  • Page 71: Restoring: Recovering Lost Files

    At first you’ll only see the script’s top level, in this case the folder labeled “My backup script”: click the disclosure triangle at its left to reveal all the sources that are part of this script; click again to display its contents. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 71...
  • Page 72 Restore to..(The other option in the contextual menu, “Reveal in Finder”, will display that item on the script’s destination volume—that is, the volume from which you’ll retrieve the backup copy.) In the example below, we’re restoring the contents of the entire backup. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 72...
  • Page 73 Since Intego Backup Manager Pro records an invisible file containing backup information at this location, you will then see a restoration interface, such as that shown earlier. You can proceed with the restoration as explained above. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 73...
  • Page 74 (“clone”) of a computer volume. To restore a bootable backup, run a new bootable backup in the other direction: choose your destination as the source, and the source as destination. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 74...

  • Page 75: Using The Intego Backup Manager Pro Widget

    The script launches, and the widget changes to show its progress: If you need to, you can pause or stop the script by clicking the appropriate buttons. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 75...
  • Page 76 Finally, the popup menu at the top of the widget lets you choose what to display: the previous script run, the next script to run, or a list of all scripts: Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 76...

  • Page 77: 6-Preferences

    6—Preferences Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 77...

  • Page 78: Log Preferences

    If any of these first three checkboxes is selected, a new Show Details button appears in the log window. Clicking it displays as many details as you specified in the preferences; clicking it again hides these details. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 78...
  • Page 79 Test Settings button. You may have to wait as much as a minute for the results, which will appear in a dialog box. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 79...

  • Page 80: Schedule Preferences

    Intego Backup Manager Pro whenever you’re not editing a script. Otherwise, you might accidentally leave a schedule-enabled script selected, and the script will not run as expected. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 80...
  • Page 81 Manager. If you check the first option, Intego Backup Manager Pro opens when scheduled scripts run; you can follow their progress in the Intego Backup Manager Pro window. If you check the second option, only the small Task Manager window displays. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 81...

  • Page 82: About Intego Backup Manager Pro

    Technical Support, with information in the Subject line that will help Intego’s support staff respond to your problem. Clicking the version number tells you the program’s build number, which might also be helpful for Intego’s support staff. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 82...

  • Page 83: 7-Technical Support

    7—Technical Support Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 83...

  • Page 84: By E-Mail

    Upgrading Intego Backup Assistant to Intego Backup Manager Pro If you are using Intego Backup Assistant and wish to upgrade to Intego Backup Manager Pro, you can do so by opening the application, then choosing Intego Backup Assistant > Upgrade to Pro Version.

  • Page 85: 8-Glossary

    8—Glossary Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 85...
  • Page 86 Image file See “Disk image”. Incremental A strategy whereby you perform a complete backup once, and then on each backup subsequent backup copy only files that have changed. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 86...
  • Page 87 CD, DVD, iPod or memory stick. For all intents and purposes, computers see all of these as volumes, which are the same as hard drives. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 87...
  • Page 88 CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 88...

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