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Contents

INTRODUCING CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER 4

Main Features 4

Package contents 5

Definitions 5

BASICS 7

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 7

WHAT GETS BACKED UP? 7

Clickfree backs up content 7

Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time? 8

What content categories does Clickfree back up? 8

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START? 8

BACKING UP MY CONTENT 9

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER? 9

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY! 10

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS? 13

Choosing what to back up 14

Backing up all of the files in selected folders 14

Choosing categories of content to be backed up 15

Choosing folders to search for content 15

RESTORING MY CONTENT 19

WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DISK STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY

CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER? 19

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE OR TRANSFER MY CONTENT? 19

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK? 19

What gets restored, and to where? 20

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE? 20

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HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT? 24

Restoring content 24

Choosing categories of content to be restored 24

Choosing where to restore content to 25

BROWSING & SEARCHING FOR MY FILES 28

Starting from the Welcome window 28

From the Backup Summary window 28

ADVANCED TOPICS 30

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? 30

How is backup different when I have more than one computer? 30

HOW DO I RESTORE MY FILES USING ONLY THE BACKUP DISKS? 30

HOW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS? 31

CLICKFREE TOOLS 31

Manage Backups 32

Master reset 33

Updating Clickfree software 33

Verify 34

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? 35

WHAT DO I DO IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START AUTOMATICALLY? 36

LEGAL STUFF 37

Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer

Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer

Thank you for buying the Clickfree DVD Transformer – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe.

Clickfree is an easy-to-use computer backup system that automatically searches for and

backs up content stored on your computer. No hardware configuration or software installation is required. The backup procedure begins once the DVD Transformer has been attached to your computer.

Caution: Please remember that a backup is meant to be a second copy of your computer

data, not the only copy of your data. Having two copies (redundancy) is what keeps your important data safe. Please use your Clickfree DVD Transformer to keep a safe copy of your data.

MAIN FEATURES

Clickfree backup technology

• Automatically starts when connected to your computer

• Does not require any software installation or setup

• For most users automatically backs up 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 settings for each user you use it with

Multi-computer backup

• Holds information about all of the backups you make while using it. It can hold the information for any number of computers Note: You need separate recordable media for each computer – each CD or DVD can be used for only one backup.

Easy restore to same or other computer

• Backed-up content can quickly and easily be restored

• You don’t need the DVD Transformer to restore content – if necessary, a restore can

be done using only the recordable media containing the backed-up files. However, unless the DVD Transformer is not available, you should always use it for a restore.

• You can just as easily ‘restore’ content to a different computer as to the original one

• This makes the Clickfree DVD Transformer a great way to move your content from

your old computer to your new one

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How it backs up

• The first time you connect a Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer it searches for, finds, backs up and organizes all of your important content

• Each subsequent time you connect the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer, you can choose to just do an update:

• Any new files since your last backup are added to the backup

• Any files that were changed since your last backup are updated on the

backup

• Any files that were deleted from your computer since the last backup, are ignored

ACKAGE CONTENTS

Your Clickfree backup package contains:

• one Clickfree DVD Transformer

• one quick start guide

EFINITIONS

Just to make sure that the user guide is clear, we’re going to define a couple of terms that are used throughout the guide.

Back up and Restore

Backing up is making copies of data so that a copy can be used to restore the original after the data is lost or destroyed. Backups are used to restore data after loss of or damage to your computer’s hard disk, and to restore files that have been accidentally deleted or corrupted.

Making a backup of your content only copies it from your computer to your backup disk, and does not delete it from the computer’s hard disk.

Restoring your content from a backup only copies it from your backup disk to your computer, and does not delete it from the backup disk.

Important: Clickfree never erases or replaces content on your computer’s hard disk, unless

you ask it to replace a file during restore.

Clickfree never erases anything from your backup disks.

And unless you ask it to remove back up history, Clickfree never erases the history.

Your Clickfree backups are also handy for moving or copying data from one computer to another.

Backup disks

Generally, throughout this guide, the recordable media (CDs and DVDs) used to back up your content are referred to as backup disks.

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Content

Normally you don’t use Clickfree to back up your applications or operating system, only the data that you have created or copied to your computer – music, photos, letters, emails etc. In this guide we refer to this data as content.

File

Information used by your computer and stored in a specific place on your hard disk. A file may be content, an application or part of an application, or information a program uses in some way.

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. However, you don’t need to be concerned about this because Clickfree takes care of all the details for you.

History

Important: Although the DVD Transformer backs up all of your content to backup disks, and all of your content can be restored using the backup disks alone (that is, without using the DVD Transformer), if possible you should always perform restores and transfers with the DVD Transformer plugged in. This is because backup history is stored on the DVD Transformer.

This includes information about which disk holds which files, and, in particular, which disk has the most up-to-date version of a file that has been backed up more than once.

Without the DVD Transformer, to restore your files you will likely need to run restore from multiple backups to be sure that you can restore all of your files in their most current versions.

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Basics

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK?

All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug the

Clickfree DVD Transformer in to your computer, supply recordable media when

prompted, and let it work!

No need to install software or to configure anything. Your computer knows when the

Clickfree DVD Transformer has been plugged in, and it runs the backup program

automatically each time it is connected.

You can back up as many computers as you like with the Clickfree DVD Transformer. The same thing happens each time you plug it into a new computer. And information about each of your backed-up computers is kept separate on the DVD Transformer.

When Clickfree has finished backing up each computer, just unplug the DVD Transformer, eject the backup disk, and store them in a safe place.

If your data is lost for any reason (hard disk crash, laptop lost or stolen, content accidentally deleted), you’ll be really happy that you bought and used Clickfree. Your backed-up content is safe on your Clickfree backup, waiting to be restored when you have a working computer again.

A Clickfree backup is also ideal for 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 easy to get things going. We’ll show you how a little later. For details, see “

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WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

CLICKFREE BACKS UP CONTENT

At Clickfree we want to protect our customers from losing things that are irreplaceable. That’s why Clickfree finds and backs up all of the content from wherever it is on your computer.

When it runs automatically, Clickfree backs up everything in your Home folder – this is where you normally put all of the content that you create or place in your computer. This includes photos, music, video, office documents, financial data, email, etc Most likely, this means that it will back up everything that matters to you right out of the box without you having to do anything but plug it in.

What do I do if Clickfree doesn’t start automatically?” on

Unless you explicitly ask it to do so, Clickfree does not back up the applications or the operating system. This means that your backup won’t need nearly as much space as the size of your computer’s hard disk since your content may only take up a small portion of your hard disk’s capacity, and we only back up the content.

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DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME?

The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up the entire Home folder, which might take some time – it just depends on how much content you have. Each time you use Clickfree after that, you can choose to back up only the new or changed content, so it will be much quicker.

HAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP?

If you choose to back up by content category (rather than backing up your entire Home folder), Clickfree backs up content in these categories:

• Office Documents – usually from word-processing programs such as AbiWord, Microsoft Word, NeoOffice, iWork, Adobe files

• Music – including CAF, CD audio, MP3, MIDI

• Videos – for example, 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 and address books

• 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 “ change how Clickfree does backups?

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

All you need to start your backup is the Clickfree DVD Transformer. Before you start your first Restore, you should read through the “

• For Clickfree to work, your computer needs to be running Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard

on an Intel processor

In addition you need:

• One free USB port on your computer

• At least 100 MB of free space on your computer

How do I

” on page 13 without making any changes.

Restoring my content” chapter of this manual.

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Backing up my content

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER?

♦ To start using your Clickfree DVD Transformer:

1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up.

2. Log in, if that is what you normally do.

Note: You should close all open applications before starting to back up your files.

3. Attach the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port on your computer.

USB ports usually looks like this:

Wait for the Clickfree window to appear. You may have to wait up to a full minute for your computer to recognize the Clickfree DVD Transformer.

4. The first time

Backup

5. Double-click the icon to start the backup. Every time after the first time the backup starts by itself.

When the Clickfree backup starts to run, a number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically:

window appears on the desktop.

you connect your Clickfree DVD Transformer, the Start Clickfree

Welcome window appears and shows the

Note: The

View Files and Restore buttons do not appear until you have backed up

content using the DVD Transformer.

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ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY!

Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period

Clickfree starts the backup.

• If you want to let Clickfree decide what needs to be backed up from where, then

you’re done: just relax and let Clickfree work.

All you need to do is to put recordable media in your CD/DVD writer when prompted.

Without any effort on your part, Clickfree is safeguarding your valuable content!

For details, see “

1. If you want to make changes to how backup is done, click change how Clickfree does backups?

Clickfree displays some windows to show progress:

What gets backed up?” on page 7.

” on page 13.

Options and see “How do I

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2. Click OK.

3. Choose whether you are backing up onto CD or DVD.

Note: At this point, Clickfree calculates how many disks are needed to hold all of the

files you want to back up. If you don’t have enough disks, click up, and deselect some files or file categories.

Options to go back to choosing what to back

If you previously backed up this computer, you can choose whether to backup only files that are new or have changed since the last backup.

4. Click

If needed, Clickfree prompts you when to put recordable media in your CD/DVD writer.

Clickfree then backs up the content you chose to your backup disk(s):

I’m Ready-Start Backup.

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5. At the end of the backup, the backup disk is ejected, and you are prompted to label it:

6. Click

The backed up this time ( one ( from all backups take up on their respective backup disks.

When you see the Backup Summary window, unplug the DVD Transformer, label the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place.

OK.

Backup Summary window shows you how many files in each category were

New column) and from all backups for this user, including this

Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files

Note: Clickfree tells you to label the disk with a number and date.

If you have more than one computer to back up, you should also write the computer’s name (seen on the Backup Summary screen) on the disk. In addition, since Clickfree identifies backups by number, date, and time, you should also write the time of backup if it is possible that you may make more than one backup in a day.

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HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

You can decide whether Clickfree backs up complete folders, or backs up content by category (for example, Office Documents). The default is to back up your complete Home folder.

If you choose to back up content by category, you can choose:

• The categories of content Clickfree backs up

• Where Clickfree looks for this content

Note: Changes you make to how Clickfree does backups are “sticky”: they are stored

and applied again to later backups for this user unless you modify them.

♦ To review or change what gets backed up:

1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of the procedure “How do I start using my Clickfree DVD Transformer?

” on page 9.

2. Before the countdown reaches zero, click

Options / Tools window is displayed:

The

Options.

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CHOOSING WHAT TO BACK UP

3. If you want Clickfree to check that all files have been written to the backup disk properly, and can be read, check

Please click on this checkbox …. For information

about how this works, click

4. You can either back up all of the files in selected folders (for example, your Home folder), or you can choose the categories of content to back up (for example, Office Documents, Photos, and Videos), and the folders to search for these categories.

• To back up all of the files in selected folders, make sure that the radio button to the

left of

(Recommended) Select this option to backup all files for… is selected

. If it isn’t, select it, and go to step 5.

• To choose categories and folders to search, make sure that the radio button to the

left of If it isn’t, select it, and go to step

ACKING UP ALL OF THE FILES IN SELECTED FOLDERS

Select this option to backup by category is selected .

Your home folder is selected by default.

5. Choose which folders you want Clickfree to back up completely. You can add and remove folders.

Click the Advanced button near the top right of the Clickfree window, then

• To add a folder

a. Click

b. Navigate to the folder to be added

c. Click Open

• To remove a folder:

a. Select the folder to be removed

b. Click

Note: You must choose at least one folder.

6. When you are finished choosing folders, click OK twice, and go to step

10.

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CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP

All of the categories are selected by default.

7. Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, Office Documents, Photos, and Videos.

• To include a category, for example, Photos, in the backup, make sure that the box to

the left of the category name is checked You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in the box.

• To exclude a category, for example, Music, from the backup, make sure that the box

to the left of the category name is unchecked to uncheck it.

Note: You must choose at least one category.

CHOOSING FOLDERS TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT

Your home folder is selected by default.

8. Choose where you want Clickfree to search for the categories you chose earlier. You can add and remove folders

Click the Advanced button near the bottom right of the Clickfree window, then

• To add a folder

a. Click

b. Navigate to the folder to be added

c. Click Open

• To remove a folder:

. If it isn’t, click the box to check it.

. If it is checked, click the box

d. Select the folder to be removed

e. Click

Note: You must choose at least one folder.

9. When you are finished choosing folders, click OK twice, and continue with step

10. When you have made your choices, click

Start to begin the backup.

10.

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Clickfree searches for content to back up

Before actually backing up any content, Clickfree adds up the sizes of the files in the complete folders you chose, or searches the folders you chose for your chosen categories of content and adds up the sizes of all of the content it finds:

Clickfree backs up your content

11. Choose whether you are backing up onto CD or DVD.

Note: At this point, Clickfree calculates how many disks are needed to hold all of the

files you want to back up. If you don’t have enough disks, click

Options to go back to choosing what to back

up, and deselect some files or file categories.

12. If you previously backed up this computer, you can choose whether to backup only files that are new or have changed since the last backup, then click

Backup

I’m Ready-Start

If needed, Clickfree prompts you when to put recordable media in your CD/DVD writer.

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Clickfree then backs up the content you chose to your backup disk(s):

At the end of the backup, the backup disk is ejected, and you are prompted to label it:

13. Click

OK.

Backup Summary window shows you how many files in each category were

The backed up this time ( user (

Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from

New column), and from all backups including this one, for this

all backups for this user take up on their respective backup disks.

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When you see the Backup Summary window, unplug the DVD Transformer, label the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place.

Note: Clickfree tells you to label the disk with a number and date.

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Restoring my content

WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DISK STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO

TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER

All computer hard disks fail eventually, sometimes without warning. Occasionally, computers suffer damage that affects the hard disk. Sometimes, laptop computers get lost or stolen. 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 Clickfree backup, and can be restored when you have a working computer again.

A Clickfree backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a new one.

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE OR TRANSFER 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.

You need the CDs or DVDs that were used to back up your computer. In addition you should have the DVD Transformer you used to back up your content. You can restore files without the DVD Transformer, but it is more difficult to restore all of your files without the DVD Transformer. See “ 30 in the Advanced topics chapter.

Of course, you can ‘restore’ your content to any computer that meets the system requirements (see “ whose content you backed up.

The easiest way to copy content between computers is to have your backup disks handy and plug the DVD Transformer in to your new computer. When the Clickfree application launches, just click the the procedure to restore content in “ and where?

” on page 20.

How do I restore my files using only the backup disks?” on page

What do I need before I start?” on page 8), not just to the computer

Restore button at the bottom of the countdown screen and follow

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK?

To get your content back you don’t need to do much more than you did to back the content up – it just takes a couple of clicks, and the insertion of backup disks when asked.

How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore

As with Clickfree backup, you can either make some choices – whether to restore all, or just selected content, and where the content is restored to – or you can allow Clickfree to make the choices for you.

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Note: At the start of a restore, Clickfree asks you to insert a backup disk with a particular

number and date. In addition, as the restore proceeds, if you have backed up the computer more than once, Clickfree may ask you to insert one or more other backup disks with a particular numbers and dates.

WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE?

When Clickfree restore runs without you changing any options, it restores all of the content that was backed up, and puts it in the folder.

If you prefer, you can easily tell Clickfree to restore your files to any place on your computer’s hard disk that is convenient for you.

For details, see:

• “

How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 20

• “

How do I change how Clickfree restores content?” on page 24

Restored Files folder under your Home

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE?

You can allow Clickfree to make the decisions about what to restore and to where, but 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 what you normally do.

3. Connect the DVD Transformer to a USB port on your computer.

4. Wait for the Clickfree window to appear – this may take up to 60 seconds.

The Clickfree used it to back up your content.

But this time you are not going to allow Clickfree to start the backup.

Because you have backed up content using the DVD Transformer, the countdown window now shows buttons at the bottom to allow you to

Welcome window appears with the countdown, just as it did when you

View Files and Restore files.

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5. Before the countdown gets to zero, click Restore. The What to restore window appears.

Note that all of the categories that have backed-up content are checked off in the

Categories column.

6. Before you click restored, look at the user name in the

If you have used the DVD Transformer to make backups for your user name, the

what you would like to restore

Continue to restore all of your content, or select categories to be

Select what you would like to restore box.

Select

box by default contains your user name, and, unless

you change it, the content to be restored will come from your user account.

7. Choose a user from the list that contains the names of all of the users whose files have been backed up on using the DVD Transformer; if you made more than one backup for that user, choose the date/time of the backup you want to restore files from.

Note: To restore content from more than one user or date/time simply repeat the restore

process choosing a different user or date/time.

8. Since you are letting Clickfree restore all of your content, simply click Next.

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9. Since you are letting Clickfree restore files to the default folder, simply click Next.

Clickfree confirms how many files will be restored, and where they are going to be

restored to:

If necessary, Clickfree prompts you to insert the required disk:

10. Insert the requested backup disk.

As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process.

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11. Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the one from the backup:

12. You can choose to:

• Keep both copies of this one file – click

Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backed-

up file by adding ‘ copy’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.

• Keep both copies of all same-name files – check

click

Keep Both. Clickfree, without asking you, renames the remaining backed-up

Do this for all duplicate files and

files by adding ‘copy’ to the ends of the file names, then restores the renamed files.

• Not replace this one file – click

• Not replace any same-name files – check

Skip. Clickfree skips all remaining same-name files without asking you.

• Replace just this file – click

• Replace all same-name files – check

Skip

Do this for all duplicate files and click

Replace

Do this for all duplicate files and click Replace.

Clickfree replaces all remaining same-name files without asking you.

If two files have the same size (KB) and same date/time modified, it is likely safe to skip.

13. When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done.

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14. To open a Finder window at the restore folder, click the button below Your files have

been restored to

15. To finish, simply unplug the DVD Transformer, eject the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place.

Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on the

backup disks.

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT?

By making choices at several steps in the restore process you can choose which content is restored and where it is restored to.

ESTORING CONTENT

♦ To change how Clickfree restores content:

1. Follow steps 1 to 5 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?

2. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore all or only some of your files.

” on page 20.

• If you want to restore only some of your files, continue with step

• If you want to restore all of your files (the default), go to step

HOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED

Note that all of the categories that contain files have checkboxes that you can check or uncheck in the

Categories column. By default, all of them are checked.

3. For each category whose content you want to restore, ensure that the checkbox is checked.

4. Click

Next.

You can also choose to restore individual files within each category. For details see “

How do I choose individual files for restore?” on page 35 in the “Advanced topics”

chapter.

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CHOOSING 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, go to step

• If you want to restore your files to another folder, click

continue with step

6. Navigate to your chosen destination and click

Open.

Change Destination, and

7. Click

Next.

If necessary, Clickfree prompts you to insert the required disk:

8. Insert the requested backup disk.

9. Assuming that there is enough space on your hard disk, the restore starts.

As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process.

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Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the samename file from the backup:

10. You can choose to:

• Keep both copies of this one file – click

Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backed-

up file by adding ‘ copy’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.

• Keep both copies of all same-name files – check

click

Keep Both. Clickfree, without asking you, renames the remaining backed-up

Do this for all duplicate files and

files by adding ‘ copy’ to the ends of the file names, then restores the renamed files.

• Not replace this one file – click

• Not replace any same-name files – check

Skip. Clickfree skips all remaining same-name files without asking you.

• Replace just this file – click

• Replace all same-name files – check

Skip

Do this for all duplicate files and click

Replace

Do this for all duplicate files and click Replace.

Clickfree replaces all remaining same-name files without asking you.

If two files have the same size (KB) and same date/time modified, it is likely to be safe to skip.

When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done.

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11. To open a Finder window at the restore folder, click the button below Your files have

been restored to

12. To finish, simply unplug the DVD Transformer, eject the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place.

Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on the

backup disks.

My program cannot find the restored files – what should I do?

Note: Some programs, especially 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, your program may not be able to find them.

If your program displays an error message telling you that it cannot find its files, or if the program starts up but your data is missing, you will need to move the files to the proper folder. Unfortunately, this is different for every application and you may need to consult the program’s Help or user guide to find out where the files need to be moved to.

Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Browsing & searching for my files

Browsing & searching for my files

From the Backup Summary window you can:

• Browse your backup(s) for files

• Search your backup(s) for files

Note: When you try to do anything with a file (for example, to open the file), Clickfree

prompts you to insert the backup disk that contains the latest (most up-to-date) version of that file.

STARTING FROM THE WELCOME WINDOW

♦ To browse and search for files:

Before the countdown gets to zero, click View Files. The Backup Summary window is displayed.

ROM THE BACKUP SUMMARY WINDOW

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♦ To browse and search for files:

1. In the Backup box select the name of the user whose files you want to search or browse for.

2. Do one of the following:

• To use the normal Finder features to find and open your files, Click

• To browse your files by category, click any of the underlined 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:

Backup View.

Select a folder to view the files it contains.

Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics

Advanced topics

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

DVD Transformer can back as many computers as you like.

Note: Each CD or DVD is used for only one backup. Once a backup is finished you

cannot record anything else on the disk.

Clickfree creates a unique identifier for each computer and user that it is used with,

regardless of the computer’s and user’s names. This allows Clickfree to back up content for more than one computer and user without the files getting mixed up with each other, even if all of the computers and users have the same names.

OW IS BACKUP DIFFERENT WHEN I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

It makes no difference at all - just plug the DVD Transformer 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.

Backups box on the Backup Summary

HOW DO I RESTORE MY FILES USING ONLY THE BACKUP DISKS?

If the DVD Transformer is not available, you can restore content using only the backup disk(s).

♦ To restore content using only a backup disk

1. Insert the disk in the computer:

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2. Click Restore Files and continue with the normal restore procedure.

3. If you click

You can continue with the normal browsing and searching functions.

View, you see a summary of backed-up files.

HOW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS?

The first time you back up a user’s content using the DVD Transformer, Clickfree makes a full backup. The next time you perform a backup for the same user you can choose to back up only new and changed content.

If you want to keep multiple backups of a user’s content, on the window uncheck

backup

CLICKFREE TOOLS

Several tools are available for working with Clickfree:

•

Manage backups – shows backup information and allows you to remove all

backups for a user

•

Master reset - removes all back up history from the DVD Transformer, and

undoes any changes you have made to the backup settings.

•

Verify – checks that files have been correctly written to CD/DVD, and that they

can be read

Search Summary

Only backup files that are new or have changed since the last

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♦ To use these tools:

1. Connect the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer as described in “How do I start using my Clickfree DVD Transformer?

” on page 9.

2. When you see the countdown window, click zero:

3. Click

Tools to show the available tools.

Options before the countdown reaches

ANAGE BACKUPS

♦ To remove a user:

If you no longer want to keep back up history for a user, you can remove the information from the Clickfree DVD Transformer.

Note: Even after you remove a user from your DVD Transformer, you can still restore

content from backup disks. However, information about which files are on which disk is lost.

1. On the Tools window click Manage Backups.

2. Click the user you want to remove.

3. Click

Remove Backup.

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4. If you really want to remove the user’s backup history from the Clickfree DVD Transformer, click

Warning: Once you have removed a user’s backup history from the Clickfree DVD

Transformer there is no way to recover that user’s history.

To see how to remove the history for all users, see ”Master reset” on page 33.

ASTER RESET

♦ To remove all back up history:

Yes.

Master Reset

is used to remove all back up history for all users that have been backed up using your DVD Transformer, and to reset your selections of folders and categories to be backed up and restored. For details, see “ backups?

” on page 13 and “How do I change how Clickfree restores content?” on page

How do I change how Clickfree does

24.

Note: Even after you perform a

Master Reset you can still restore any previously

backed-up content from the backup disks. However, information about which files are on which disk is lost.

If you want to remove only the backup history for one user, see “To remove a user” on

32.

page

1. On the

Tools window click Master reset.

2. If you really want to remove all back up history from the Clickfree DVD

Transformer, click

Continue.

Warning: Once you have reset Clickfree using the Master Reset there is no way to recover

any backup history.

UPDATING CLICKFREE SOFTWARE

From time to time Clickfree software is upgraded to provide new or enhanced features.

You can:

• Have Clickfree check for updates each time you connect the Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer – this is the default action, you don’t need to do anything

• Manually check for updates

In both cases your computer needs to be connected to the internet for updated software to be found and installed.

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♦ To check automatically for updates:

By default, Clickfree automatically looks for updates when it is connected to your computer and you have a connection to the internet. To ensure this feature is on, make sure that the checkbox

window:

Every time that you connect Clickfree to your computer 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 Automatically check for updates is unchecked on the Tools window:

♦ To check manually for updates:

1. On the Tools window click Update. Clickfree checks for available updates.

Automatically check for updates is checked on the Tools

If the software in your DVD Transformer and your computer is up to date, click on the dialog that pops up.

If an update is available, Clickfree shows you what progress is being made in downloading the update and updating your software:

Warning: While a software update is taking place it is very important for you not to

remove the DVD Transformer from your computer and not to turn off or restart the computer until the update is complete.

2. When the software update is complete, you need to unplug the DVD Transformer and plug it in again for the update to take effect.

ERIFY

Writing files to CD and DVD is generally a very reliable process, with a low error rate.

However, if you are willing to spend the extra time needed during backup (approximately double the time), you can ask Clickfree to verify the backup – that is, to check that all files on the backup disk are readable and are identical to the original files.

♦ To verify backups:

• On the Tools screen check Verify after burn.

Now, every time that you use your DVD Transformer for a backup, Clickfree checks all of the files.

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HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE?

On the What to restore window you can click checkboxes to select the category whose 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. Click any of the underlined 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 contains. By default, all of the files in the folder are selected.

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2. Select and deselect files as you normally do in a Finder window.

3. Click

4. When you are finished selecting files, click

OK.

The counts of

The restore continues. See “

Selected Files are updated.

Next.

Choosing where to restore content to” on page 25.

WHAT DO I DO IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START AUTOMATICALLY?

If Clickfree does not run when you plug in the Clickfree Traveler:

1. Ensure you are using a supported Mac computer: OSX Leopard 10.5 or higher, Intel based.

2. Ensure that you have administrative rights to the computer.

If Clickfree still does not run ,contact Clickfree support.

Clickfree DVD Transformer for Macintosh: User Guide Legal stuff

Legal stuff

Clickfree and the Clickfree logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Storage

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 try to keep the information up-to-date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, 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 for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this information or related products.

The specifications and performance of the products manufactured by Storage Appliance Corporation and featured in this publication may be changed without notice.

Clickfree DVD Transformer User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer

MAIN FEATURES

Basics

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK?

WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

CLICKFREE BACKS UP CONTENT

DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME?

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

Backing up my content

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE DVD TRANSFORMER?

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY!

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

CHOOSING WHAT TO BACK UP

CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP

CHOOSING FOLDERS TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT

Restoring my content

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK?

WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE?

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE?

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT?

CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO

Browsing & searching for my files

STARTING FROM THE WELCOME WINDOW

Advanced topics

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

HOW DO I RESTORE MY FILES USING ONLY THE BACKUP DISKS?

HOW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS?

CLICKFREE TOOLS

1. On the Tools window click Manage Backups.

Master Reset

UPDATING CLICKFREE SOFTWARE

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE?

WHAT DO I DO IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START AUTOMATICALLY?

Legal stuff