Clickfree Backup Drive User Guide
for Apple Macintosh users
Page 1: ...Clickfree Backup Drive User Guide for Apple Macintosh users...
Page 2: ...RIVE 9 ZERO EFFORT BACKUP REALLY 10 HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS 12 Choosing what to back up 12 Backing up all of the files in selected folders 13 Choosing categories of content to be ba...
Page 3: ...lcome window 25 From the Backup Summary window 25 HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED UP FILES 26 ADVANCED TOPICS 27 WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER 27 How is backup different when I have more than one co...
Page 4: ...everything that matters Customizable backup options Includes options for custom file types and full folder backup Still runs as Clickfree even after customizing settings Remembers your customized set...
Page 5: ...our computer s hard disk unless you ask it to replace a file during restore Clickfree never erases anything other than the backups it has performed Any other data stored on your Backup Drive is left u...
Page 6: ...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...
Page 7: ...or transferring your content from an old computer to a new one 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 ea...
Page 8: ...xample AVI MPEG Shockwave Flash Photos including common graphic formats such as JPEG TIFF and RAW Emails and Messages including Apple Mail Entourage Thunderbird Favorite Websites internet shortcuts an...
Page 9: ...puter by connecting one end of the USB cable to the drive and the other end to a USB port on your computer USB ports usually looks like this Wait for the Clickfree window to appear You may have to wai...
Page 10: ...automatically Note The View Files and Restore buttons do not appear until you have backed up content on your Backup Drive ZERO EFFORT BACKUP REALLY Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button a...
Page 11: ...New column and from all backups for this user including this one Total column The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on the Backup Drive When you see the...
Page 12: ...4 of the procedure How do I start using my Clickfree Backup Drive on page 9 2 Before the countdown reaches zero click Options The Options Tools window is displayed CHOOSING WHAT TO BACK UP 3 You can e...
Page 13: ...ed choosing folders click OK twice and go to step 9 CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP All of the categories are selected by default 6 Choose the categories of content to be backed up for...
Page 14: ...elect the folder to be removed b Click Note You must choose at least one folder 8 When you are finished choosing folders click OK twice and continue with step 9 9 When you have made your choices click...
Page 15: ...this time New column and from all backups including this one for this user Total column The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups for this user take up on the Backup...
Page 16: ...ough free space for your content Clickfree prompts you to go to the backup options window and adjust your settings For example you might want to reduce the number of file categories being backed up Se...
Page 17: ...I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT Before you can restore your content your computer needs to be working at the very least it needs to be able to start up and display the desktop...
Page 18: ...t you need to confirm what Clickfree plans to do To let Clickfree decide what to restore and to where 1 Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up 2 Log in if that is wha...
Page 19: ...for your user name the Please select the User you would like to restore box by default contains your user name and unless you change it the content to be restored will come from your user account 7 Cl...
Page 20: ...the file name then restores the renamed file Keep both copies of all same name files check Do this for all duplicate files and click Keep Both Clickfree without asking you renames the remaining backed...
Page 21: ...ING CONTENT To change how Clickfree restores content 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...
Page 22: ...to the default folder click Continue and go to step 8 If you want to restore your files to another folder click Change Destination and continue with step 6 6 Navigate to your chosen destination and cl...
Page 23: ...ng backed up files by adding copy to the ends of the file names then restores the renamed files Not replace this one file click Skip Not replace any same name files check Do this for all duplicate fil...
Page 24: ...cially those like Apple Mail in which you do not open files from a file open dialog expect to find their files in a particular folder If you restore files to a folder other than the original folder yo...
Page 25: ...ntdown gets to zero click View Files The Backup Summary window is displayed FROM THE BACKUP SUMMARY WINDOW To browse and search for files 1 In the Backup box select the name of the user whose files yo...
Page 26: ...MY BACKED UP FILES 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 clicke...
Page 27: ...you see in the Backups box on the Backup Summary window WHAT IF I USE MORE THAN ONE BACKUP DRIVE You can use as many Backup Drives as you like as far as Clickfree is concerned each Backup Drive and th...
Page 28: ...the available tools MANAGE BACKUPS To remove a user If you no longer want to keep content backed up from a user you can free up space on your Backup Drive by removing the user from Clickfree Warning I...
Page 29: ...or details see How do I change how Clickfree does backups on page 12 and How do I change how Clickfree restores content on page 21 After you perform a Master Reset you can no longer restore any previo...
Page 30: ...uter it automatically checks for updated software and if an update is available prompts you to download and install it To stop checking automatically for updates Make sure that the checkbox Automatica...
Page 31: ...ed numbers for example 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 c...
Page 32: ...f Clickfree does not run when you plug in the Clickfree Backup Drive Ensure you are using a supported Mac computer OSX Leopard 10 5 or higher Intel based Ensure that you have administrative rights to...
Page 33: ...ompleteness accuracy reliability or suitability of the information or related products Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk In no event will we be liable f...
