Clickfree iPod Transformer User Manual

Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide

for Microsoft Windows users

Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Table of Contents

Contents

INTRODUCING CLICKFREE IPOD TRANSFORMER 5

Main Features 5

Package contents 6

Definitions 6

BASICS 8

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 8

WHAT GETS BACKED UP? 8

Clickfree backs up content 8

Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time? 9

What content categories does Clickfree back up? 9

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START? 9

BACKING UP MY CONTENT 10

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE IPOD TRANSFORMER? 10

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY 11

WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY? 14

What if the Vista Autoplay Window appears? 15

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS? 15

Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required 17

Choosing locations to search for content – required 17

Choosing complete folders to be copied – optional 19

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY IPOD? 23

RESTORING MY CONTENT 25

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

CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER

? 25

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WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT? 25

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK? 25

What gets restored, and to where? 26

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE? 26

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT? 31

Restoring content 32

Choosing the computer to restore from – and restoring from multiple computers 32

Choosing categories of content to be restored 33

Choosing where to restore content to 34

WHAT ABOUT ‘EXCEPTIONS’ DURING RESTORE? 37

HOW CAN I UNDO A RESTORE? 38

How do I find files that were restored 40

BROWSING, SEARCHING & VIEWING MY FILES 41

Starting from the Welcome screen 41

From the Backup Summary screen 41

HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES? 42

HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES? 43

WHAT CAN I DO WITH FILES FROM BROWSE AND SEARCH 44

ADVANCED TOPICS 47

HOW DO I IMPORT MUSIC FROM MY IPOD TO MY COMPUTER? 47

WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? 48

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? 48

How is backup different when I have more than one computer? 48

WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 50

WHAT ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 51

Delete Clickfree Data 52

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Updating Clickfree software 53

Interface language 55

BACKUP REMINDER AND SCHEDULED BACKUPS 55

Backup Assistant 56

The Clickfree tray icon 56

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES? 58

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP? 60

CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP? 61

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? 61

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR FOLDER TO RESTORE TO? 64

DELAYED WRITE FAILED, OR UNSAFE REMOVAL OF DEVICE 66

LEGAL STUFF 67

Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Introducing Clickfree iPod Transformer

Introducing Clickfree iPod Transformer

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

Note: Throughout this guide we talk about the iPod and its music files, but everything

applies equally to the iPhone and any non- Clickfree files stored on your iPhone.

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 iPod Transformer has been attached to your computer and your iPod has been attached to the iPod Transformer.

The iPod Transformer uses free space on your iPod or iPhone to store your backed-up files. This makes it a very convenient way to carry files with you – for example, to and from work or school.

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 iPod and Clickfree iPod 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

• Automatically searches for and backs up the important data from your computer –

hundreds of types of data used by many thousands of computer programs

• For most users the automatic search finds and 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 computer you use it with

Multi-PC backup

• Can hold the backups for any number of computers, depending on available space

on your iPod

Easy restore to same or other computer

• Backed-up content can quickly and easily be restored

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

This makes Clickfree a great way to move your content from your old computer to a new one

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How it backs up

• The first time you connect your iPod and Clickfree iPod Transformer to your

computer it searches for, finds, backs up and organizes all of your important content

• Each subsequent time you connect the iPod and iPod Transformer to your

computer, it just does 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 left

on the backup

ACKAGE CONTENTS

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Your Clickfree backup package contains:

• one Clickfree iPod Transformer

• one quick start guide

EFINITIONS

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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.

Administrator

“Administrator” is a special login name for the user who can make system-wide changes to the computer, has full control, and can access all of the files on the computer. Most home users are automatically the Administrator of their computer. If you don’t know if you are the Administrator, or how to log in as Administrator, you might need to talk to the person who set up the computer for you. If no one set up your computer for you, then by default, you are the Administrator.

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 drive, 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 iPod, and does not delete it from the computer’s hard drive.

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

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

you ask it to replace a file during restore.

Clickfree never erases anything other than the backups it has performed. The

music on your iPod is left untouched and is never erased.

And unless you ask it to remove backed-up content, Clickfree never erases or replaces content on your iPod.

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

Content

Normally you don’t use Clickfree to back up your programs or operating system (Windows), only the data that you have created or copied to your computer – music, photos, letters, emails, tax information 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 drive. A file may be content, a program or part of a program, 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.

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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 your iPod and iPod Transformer in to your computer and let it work!

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

Clickfree 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 iPod Transformer. The same thing happens each time you plug it into a new computer. And each of your backedup computers is kept separate on your iPod.

When Clickfree has finished backing up each computer, just unplug the iPod and iPod Transformer 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 searches your computer for all of the content that you have either created or placed in your computer. This includes photos, music, video, office documents, financial data, email, and so much more - over 400 types of files. To see a list of the categories of content that Clickfree backs up automatically, see “ categories does Clickfree back up?” on page everything that matters to you right out of the box without you having to do anything but plug it in.

What if Clickfree doesn’t start up automatically?” on

What content

9. Most likely, this means that it will back up

Unless you explicitly ask it to do so, Clickfree does not back up your programs or the operating system. This means that your backup won’t need nearly as much space as the size of your computer’s hard drive since your content may take up only a small portion of your hard drive’s capacity, and we look only for 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 all of the content it finds, which might take some time – it just depends on how much you have. Each time you use

Clickfree after that, it backs up only the new or changed content, so it will be much

quicker.

HAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP?

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Clickfree backs up content in these categories:

• Photos – including common graphic formats such as JPEG and RAW

• Music – including CD audio, MP3, MIDI

• Emails – including Thunderbird, Eudora, and those from Microsoft Office

• Text Documents – usually from word-processing programs such as Microsoft Word,

Open Office, and WordPerfect

• Spreadsheets – for example, Microsoft Excel, Open Office, and Lotus 123

• Presentations – for example, Microsoft Powerpoint and Corel Show

• Artwork and Drawings – such as Corel Draw, Visio and Paintshop images

• Video – for example, AVI, MPEG, Shockwave Flash

• Favorite Websites – internet shortcuts and address books

• Other – including zip and RAR files, XML, and comma-separated values files

• Financial – such as those from QuickBooks and tax programs

Want to know more? You can look at the details by following the steps in “ change how Clickfree does backups” on page

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

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

For Clickfree to work, your computer needs to be running one of these operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows® Vista® (any editions)

• Microsoft Windows® XP (any editions)

• Microsoft Windows® 2000 (with SP4)

• Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard running on an Intel processor (products manufactured after

Jan 1, 2009)

In addition you need:

• iTunes to be installed on your computer.

Most likely it is already installed. If not, Clickfree prompts you to download and install iTunes – just follow the directions on your screen.

• Microsoft .NET to be installed on your computer.

If it is not already installed, Clickfree prompts you to download and install .NET – just follow the directions on your screen.

• One free USB port on your computer

• At least 100 MB of free disk space on your computer

How do I

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Restoring my content” chapter of

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Backing up my content

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE IPOD TRANSFORMER?

♦ To start using your Clickfree iPod 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.

3. Connect the Clickfree iPod Transformer to your computer by plugging it in to a USB

port on your computer.

A USB port usually looks like this: it. USB ports are usually found at the back and front of a desktop computer, often in pairs. On a laptop computer they may be at the back, front or side.

4. Wait for the Clickfree window to appear. You may have to wait up to a full minute for

your computer to recognize the Clickfree iPod Transformer.

5. Connect your iPod to the Clickfree iPod Transformer using your iPod’s USB cable.

6. You may have to wait up to a full minute again for your computer to start to run the

ClickFree program – please be patient!

The first time you attach Clickfree to your computer, some messages appear on the screen telling you that your computer has found new hardware. The messages may mention ClickFree, Disk drive, and/or CD-ROM drive. You don’t need to do anything about these messages. Most likely you will not see them when you attach Clickfree the next time.

and frequently has a symbol beside

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When Clickfree starts to run, a second Welcome window appears and shows the number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically:

Note:

View Files and Restore buttons appear after you have backed up content on your

iPod.

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.

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

For details, see “

• If you want to make changes to how backup is done, click

I change how Clickfree does backups” on page

Clickfree displays some screens to show progress:

What gets backed up?” on page 8.

Options and see “How do

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When you see the Search Summary screen, every category for which files were found (that is, for which the number after the category name is not zero) is set to be included in the backup – its

• Choose to include the category in the backup or exclude the category.

In the example above: the Photos category has been excluded – its

unchecked: the Spreadsheets category has been included – its been left as checked:

Note: The categories that are included and excluded in this first backup are ‘sticky’ – that

is, they are used for future backups unless you change the way that Clickfree does backups – see “

How do I change how Clickfree does backups? On page 15.

Include checkbox is checked. You can:

Include checkbox has been

Include checkbox has

• Choose to exclude specific individual files from this backup. For

information on how to exclude a file permanently from backup, see “ exclude a file from backup?” on page

When you have made your choices of categories and files, and assuming that there is enough space free on your iPod, click Start Backup to begin.

Note: If the total size of the

iPhone/iPod, the Start Backup button is not able to be clicked, and you need to

exclude categories or individual files until there is enough space. At that time the button becomes clickable. See “ page

23.

Can I

61.

Items to Backup is more than the Space Available on this

What if there is not enough space on my iPod?” on

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Clickfree displays some screens to show progress:

The

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

backed up this time ( column). The

Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all

New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total

backups take up on your iPod.

Note: The numbers shown relate to backups on the

When you see the Backup Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree iPod Transformer and your iPod and store them in a safe place.

Current PC only.

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WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY?

There could be a couple of reasons why Clickfree does not run when you plug in the

Clickfree iPod Transformer:

• If you see a message telling

you that ”Clickfree™ Backup cannot start because you do not have the required permissions. Please re-login to this computer as the Administrator.”:

1. Log out.

2. Unplug the Clickfree iPod Transformer.

3. Log in again as Administrator.

4. Plug the Clickfree iPod Transformer in again.

The backup then starts automatically.

• Your computer settings may prevent Clickfree from running automatically because

“Autorun” is turned off.

To fix this problem, follow these steps. You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree.

♦ To turn on Autorun – Windows XP:

1. Download the “autoplay repair wizard” from the Microsoft website.

2. Run the program.

♦ To turn on Autorun – Windows Vista:

1. Click the Start button on your computer, then click Control Panel.

2. In the window that appears, click

3. Scroll to the bottom of the

4. Click

Save.

Autoplay window and select Restore all defaults.

Autoplay.

As an alternative, you can temporarily bypass autorun. If you use this method, you will have to follow this procedure every time you use the Clickfree iPod Transformer.

♦ To temporarily bypass Autorun – Windows XP/Vista:

With your iPod and iPod Transformer connected to your computer:

1. Click the

or

Computer (Vista).

2. In the window that appears, find

3. Right-click and select

4. Open the

5. Double-click

Start button on your computer, then click My Computer (WindowsXP/2000)

Clickfree_System.

Explore.

Mentor folder.

USBMentor.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions.

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WHAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEARS?

In Windows Vista, if the AutoPlay window appears:

1. Check

2. Click

Always do this for software and games.

Start ClickFree Backup.

You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree.

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

You can change:

• The categories of content Clickfree backs up

• The file types/extensions that Clickfree searches for – see “

individual file types for backup” on page

• Where Clickfree looks for this content.

You can also tell Clickfree to back up all of the files in a folder.

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

and applied again to later backups on this computer, unless you modify them or apply factory settings – see “ on page

50 in the “Advanced topics” chapter.

What are ‘factory settings’ and how do I use them?”

What do the Cancel, Next, and Back buttons do?

60 in the “Advanced topics” chapter.

How do I choose

As you go from one step to the next to back up content, the screens you see usually have buttons for

Cancel abandons the changes you have made and returns you to the Manage Settings and PCs

screen.

Next > accepts the decisions you have made so far, then moves on to the next step and the

Cancel, Next >, and Back>.

next decision.

Back > sends you back to the previous step so that you can change a decision you already

made. Until you click

Start or Cancel there is no limit to how often you can go back and

make changes.

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♦ To review or change what gets backed up:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the procedure “How do I start using my Clickfree iPod

Transformer?” on page

10.

2. Before the countdown reaches zero, click

The

Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed:

Options.

3. Now click

Change Backup Settings.

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CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED

4. All of the categories are selected by default. Choose the categories of content to be

backed up, for example, Text 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 it. 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 box to uncheck it.

Note: You can make a finer selection by choosing file types within each category. For

details, see “How do I choose individual file types for backup” on page 60 in the “

Advanced topics” chapter.

5. When you are finished choosing content categories, click Next >.

Note: You must choose at least one file type or category – you cannot leave all file types

and categories unchecked.

. If it isn’t, click the box to check

. If it is checked, click the

HOOSING LOCATIONS TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT – REQUIRED

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6. Choose where you want Clickfree to search for the categories you chose earlier –

Clickfree can either:

• look through your entire computer (the default setting)

or

• look only in certain folders

♦ To look through the entire computer:

• Choose Search the entire computer .

Clickfree can optionally skip temporary folders and/or folders that Windows uses

for its own files:

• Check or uncheck

Skip TEMP directories to skip or not skip temporary

folders.

• Check or uncheck

Skip Windows System folders to skip or not skip folders

that Windows uses for its own files.

Normally you will want to skip both.

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♦ To look only in certain folders:

• Choose Search selected folders only then select folders

from

My Documents. and My Computer.

• To search the entire

checked

• To see details of a folder under

checkbox. This expands and changes the + to a -. Click the – when you want to collapse the folder again.

My Documents folder, make sure that the checkbox is

.

My Documents, click the + to the left of the

My Documents to show the folders that it contains,

Each folder with a

+ beside it can be expanded.

• You can now choose the individual folders you want to be searched, by

adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, to search only the folder with the Help and Manual projects, uncheck the

Documents checkbox, then check only My HelpAndManual Projects:

My

• Do the same for

My Computer.

Note: You must choose a location – you cannot leave all locations unchecked.

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7. When you have made your choices, click Next >.

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HOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE COPIED – OPTIONAL

8. Choose complete folders to be copied in addition to categories and locations.

The folders you choose here are copied, except that files whose file types were unchecked in “

Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required” on page 17. For other

exceptions see “

Can I exclude a file from backup?” on page 61.

• To add the entire

is checked

• To see details of a folder under

My Documents folder to the backup, make sure that the checkbox

.

My Documents, click the + to the left of the

checkbox. This expands My Documents to show the folders that it contains, and changes the + to a -. Click the

– when you want to collapse the folder again.

Each folder with a

+ beside it can be expanded.

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• You can now choose the individual folders you want to include in the backup by

adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, within My Documents if you want to include only the folder with the photos of your hike, uncheck the My Documents checkbox, then check only

• Do the same for My Computer.

HikePhotos:

9. When you have made your choices, click

Next >.

10. Click

Done then Close to continue with the countdown. You can click Start at this time

to go to the backup right away without waiting for the rest of the countdown.

Clickfree searches for content to back up

Before actually backing up any content, Clickfree searches the locations you chose for your chosen categories of content:

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It adds up the sizes of all of the content it finds, then adds the sizes of the files in the complete folders you also chose. At the bottom of the the total size of the files to be backed up and the amount of free space on your iPod.

Backup Summary screen you can see

If there is not enough space on your iPod, the “

What if there is not enough space on my iPod?” on page 23.

Start Backup button cannot be clicked. See

Clickfree backs up your content

If there is enough space on your iPod, the

11. Click

Start Backup.

Start Backup button can be clicked.

Clickfree then backs up the content and complete folders you chose to your iPod:

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At the end of the backup, a Backup Summary/Complete screen is displayed:

The

Backup Summary/Complete screen shows you how many files in each category were

backed up this time ( The

Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on

your iPod.

New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column).

Note: The numbers shown relate to backups on the

Current PC only.

When you see the Backup Summary/Complete screen, simply unplug the Clickfree iPod Transformer and your iPod and store them in a safe place.

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WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY IPOD?

While 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 your iPod. If there is not enough free space for your content, the

You need to reduce the total space requirements of the backup.

♦ To reduce the space requirements of your backup

Start Backup button cannot be clicked:

Do one of the following actions:

• Deselect one or more categories of file by unchecking the

• Click one of the categories (for example, Text Documents) , then

1. Use the

Search screen to deselect one or more files by unchecking the checkbox

to the left of the file name.

2. Click

Next.

Include box(es), or

Repeat these actions until the

Start Backup button can be clicked (turns bright green).

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12. Click

As an alternative, if you have backups from an old computer or user that you don’t need to keep any more, you could remove the old computer or user. For details, see “ computer” on page

Start Backup.

To remove a

50.

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Restoring my content

WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING,

OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER?

All computer hard drives fail eventually, sometimes without warning. Occasionally, computers suffer damage that affects the hard drive. 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 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.

In addition you need the iPod Transformer and the iPod you used to back up your content.

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 plug your iPod and iPod Transformer in to your new computer. When the Clickfree application launches, just follow the restore procedures described in the rest of this chapter.

What do I need before I start?” on page 9), not just to the computer

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.

As with Clickfree backup, you can 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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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 same folders on your computer that it was backed up from. This is the best choice if you have a new computer, or if you have repaired your old computer and all of the content was erased.

For details, see:

• “

How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 26

On the other hand, if you have files on the computer you are restoring to, the restored files replace files of the same name in the same location, but only after asking your permission.

If you prefer, you can easily tell Clickfree to restore your files to a place on your computer’s hard drive where they will not replace the files you already have.

For details, see:

• “

How do I change how Clickfree restores content?” on page 31.

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 Clickfree iPod Transformer to your computer by plugging it in to a USB

port.

Clickfree starts up just as it did when you used it to back up your content.

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

5. Connect your iPod to the Clickfree iPod Transformer.

The Clickfree used it to back up your content.

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

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

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Because you have backed-up content on your iPod, the countdown screen now shows buttons at the bottom to allow you to

View Files and Restore/Transfer files:

6. Before the countdown gets to zero, click

Restore/Transfer. The Restore From screen

appears.

7. Before you click

look at the computer name in the

Next to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored,

Restore From box:

.

If your iPod contains backups created on the computer that you are using, the

From

box by default contains the name of this computer, and, unless you change it, the

content to be restored will come from this computer.

Restore

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8. To restore content from another computer:

a. Click the arrow at the right of the

Restore From box:

The drop-down list contains the names of all of the computers that have been backed up on your iPod.

b. Select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore.

Warning: If you choose

Restore my files to their original location to restore content backed

up on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with restore under these conditions.

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

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT?

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

What do the

Cancel, Next, and Back buttons do?

As you go from one step to the next to restore content, the screens you see usually have buttons for

Cancel completely stops the restore, and returns you to the countdown screen.

Next > accepts the decisions you have made so far, then moves on to the next step and the

Cancel, Next >, and Back>.

next decision.

Back > sends you back to the previous step so that you can change a decision you already

made. Until you click

Restore Now or Cancel there is no limit to how often you can go back

and make changes.

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RESTORING CONTENT

♦ To change how Clickfree restores content:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what

to restore and where?” on page

Restore From screen appears:

The

26.

2. Before you click

look at the computer name in the

Next to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored,

Restore From box:

.

If your iPod contains backed-up content from the computer that you are using, the

Restore From box by default contains the name of this computer, and, unless you

change it, the content that will be restored will be from this computer.

HOOSING THE COMPUTER TO RESTORE FROM – AND RESTORING FROM MULTIPLE COMPUTERS

C

3. Click the arrow at the right of the

Restore From box:

and select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore.

Warning: If you choose

Restore my files to their original location to restore content backed

up on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with restore under these conditions.

4. To restore content from more than one computer simply repeat the restore process

choosing a different computer each time in step

3.

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

files.

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

• If you want to restore all of your files, go to step

C

HOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED

7.

6.

6. Note that all of the categories that contain files (with the number of files in parentheses

after the category name) have checkboxes that you can check off in the Select Category column.

For each category whose content you want to restore, check the checkbox to select the category.

You can also choose to restore content of individual file types within each category. For details see “

How do I choose individual files for restore” on page 61 in the “Advanced

topics” chapter.

7. Click

Next >.

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CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO

8. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore your content to its original

locations or to somewhere else.

• If you want to restore your content to its original locations, leave

to their original location Next>.

selected , and click

Restore my files

A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to.

Click

Restore, and continue with step 11.

• If you want to restore your files to a location where they will not overwrite existing

files on your hard drive:

a. Click

Select the locations to restore my files

b. Choose another drive or folder to restore to, see “

and/or folder to restore to” on page

c. Continue with step

9.

64 in the “Advanced topics” chapter.

How do I choose another drive

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9. Click Next >.

10. Assuming that there is enough space on the drive you chose (as shown here), click

Next>.

A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to.

11. Click

Restore.

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:

12. You can choose to:

• Keep both copies of this one file – click

Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backed-

up file by adding ‘ (2)’ 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 ‘ (2)’ to the ends of the file names, then restores the renamed files.

Note: The option to keep both copies is not available if you are restoring to the original

location.

• Not replace this one file – click Skip

• Not replace any same-name files – check

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

• Replace just this file – click

Replace

• Replace all same-name files – check

Do this for all duplicate files and click

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 modified, it is likely to be safe to skip.

If you skip any files, Clickfree completes “with exceptions”. For details see “ about ‘exceptions’ during restore?” on page

37.

What

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When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done, and, if it has replaced files on your computer, gives you a chance to undo the restore.

13. If you want to undo, see “

Warning: There is no way to undo after you close this dialog.

14. If you do not want to undo the restore, click Close.

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

your iPod.

When you see the Restore Complete screen, simply unplug the Clickfree iPod Transformer and your iPod and store them in a safe place.

How can I undo a restore?” on page 38.

WHAT ABOUT ‘EXCEPTIONS’ DURING RESTORE?

If you skip any files during a restore, the Restore Complete screen has an Exceptions link at the bottom left:

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• Click the link to see what files were not restored:

HOW CAN I UNDO A RESTORE?

Whenever you restore files to their original locations, Clickfree gives you a chance to undo the restore, in case you have mistakenly overwritten a file.

♦ To undo the effects of a restore:

1. Click Click here to undo …:

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2. Click Start:

The restored files are replaced on your computer by the files that were there before the restore.

3. To see a list of the files that were replaced, click Click here to view undo log:

Note: The backed-up content is still safe on your iPod.

4. Click Close.

5. When you see the

Transformer and your iPod and store them in a safe place.

Restore Complete screen, simply unplug the Clickfree iPod

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HOW DO I FIND FILES THAT WERE RESTORED

If Clickfree restored your files to a folder that was not their original location, it puts an icon on your desktop so that you can quickly and easily get to the restored content:

♦ To find files that were restored:

Double-click the desktop icon to open a Windows Explorer at the folder where your content was restored.

You can now use

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

Note: Some programs expect to find their files in a particular folder – especially those

like Outlook in which you do not normally open files from a file open dialog. If you restore files to a folder other than the original location, 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 restored 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.

Explorer to move the files to a more convenient folder.

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Browsing, searching & viewing my files

From the Backup Summary screen you can:

• Browse your backup(s) for files

• Search your backup(s) for files

• View backed-up files

S

TARTING FROM THE WELCOME SCREEN

♦ To browse and search for files:

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

ROM THE BACKUP SUMMARY SCREEN

F

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♦ To browse and search for files:

1. In the Current PC box select the name of the computer whose files you want to search

for/browse for/view.

2. Do one of the following:

• Click the name of a category , and follow ”

on page

• Click the

page

• Click the

page

43

Browse Files tab, and follow “How do I browse my backed-up files” on

42

Search Files tab, and follow ”How do I search for my backed-up files” on

43

HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES?

♦ To browse for files that you have backed up:

Expand and collapse the folders on the left side of the screen:

• Click the +

• Click ‘+’ to the left of a collapsed folder to expand it

• Click ‘-’ to the left of an expanded folder to collapse it

• Click a folder or the folder name to view the list of contents

to expand the view

How do I search for my backed-up files”

To find out more about what you can do with the files that are displayed, see “ I do with files from browse and search” on page

44.

What can

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HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES?

If you clicked the Search Files tab, the Search screen looks like this:

You can enter search factors to find the files you want.

If you clicked a category name, the category, regardless of

♦ To search for files:

1. Use the combination of File Type, File Date, and File Name that you think should match

the file(s) you want to find:

These selections are combined so that only files that match all of them are found – in this case only files in the category Photos, and created/last changed within the last year, and with names starting with ‘inuk’.

•

File Type – select a category, or ‘Any’ if you want all categories to be searched File Date – select the time period within which the files were created or changed, or

•

‘All’ if you want the date to be ignored

•

File Name – type a “mask” to select files. A blank file name matches all files.

File Type is already filled in, and all files of that

File Date or File Name, are displayed.

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Type whatever you can remember of the file names you want to find, and substitute:

• ? for one character, meaning that character can be anything at all

• * for any number of characters, meaning these characters can be anything at

all

For example (assuming that the include them):

• To find all files whose names begin with ‘08Dec’, type ‘08Dec*’ – this will

find 08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, but not 2008DecemberExpenses.xls

• To find all files with ‘Dec’ anywhere in the name, type ‘*Dec*’ – this will find

08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, 2008DecemberExpenses.xls, etc

• To find all files with ‘n’ as the second character of the name, type ‘?n*’ – this

will find IndiaSlides.ppt, inukshuk5.jpg, but not 5inukshuk.jpg

• To find all files of type ‘doc’ or ‘docx’, type ‘*.doc*’ – of course, this will also

find any files that have type ‘doczzz’ as well

2. Click

Search.

Files that match all of your search factors are displayed:

File Type and File Date selections you made would

For information about what you can do with the files that are displayed, see “ I do with files from browse and search” on page

44.

What can

WHAT CAN I DO WITH FILES FROM BROWSE AND SEARCH

When you have files displayed in the browse or search screen you can either:

• double-click a file to open it with the program that your computer normally uses for

files of this type

• right-click a file and choose one of several actions as shown below

If you select more than one file, some of the actions act on all of the selected files.

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♦ To work with the file(s) you have selected:

1. Right-click the file (or one of the files) to bring up a menu.

Note: There is a similar

Search screen as a tab of the Restore Summary screen.

The right-click menu options you see depend on which screen you are looking at, and may vary with file type.

2. Select one of the menu items:

•

Open – to open the file with the program that your computer normally uses for files

of this type – only the file you click, even if multiple files are selected

•

Open with – to choose the program that you want Windows to use to open the file –

only the file you click, even if multiple files are selected

•

Restore file to your computer – to restore the file(s) to a location you choose. See

“

Restoring content” on page 32 to continue with the restore.

•

Restore file to original location – to restore the file(s) to their original locations. See

“

Restoring content” on page 32 to continue with the restore.

•

Delete selected files from the backup – to delete file(s) from the backup and

optionally exclude them from all later backups:

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a. To exclude the file(s) from future backups, check the checkbox.

b. Click

Yes.

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Advanced topics

HOW DO I IMPORT MUSIC FROM MY IPOD TO MY COMPUTER?

You can use Clickfree to copy music from your iPod to your computer.

1. Follow steps

10.

page

2. When you see the countdown screen, click

reaches zero:

3. Select the music to be copied by checking and unchecking a combination of the

Playlists (and All music) on the left, and individual Titles on the right. A grey

checkmark in a playlist’s checkbox means that some of its titles are selected. Note that, since a title may be included in more than one playlist, checking or unchecking any given playlist may result in a change in the selection status of other playlists.

1 to 6 of “How do I start using my Clickfree iPod Transformer?” on

Import Music before the countdown

Note: You can use the controls at the bottom left of the screen to play titles from your

iPod through your computer’s sound system.

4. Click Browse to select the location to copy the music files to.

5. Click

Start Copy.

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WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER?

This matters only if each user has a separate user login name for the computer. If every user logs in with the same user name, all of their content is backed up and restored at the same time regardless of who is logged in.

When Clickfree runs, it can only back up the content that you can access from your login, and restore content to locations you have access to. Because

Windows XP and Windows Vista maintain a separate Documents or My Documents

folder for each user name, Clickfree can back up only the corresponding content that belongs to the person who is logged in, unless that person logs in as Administrator.

Administrator

“Administrator” is a special login name for the user who can make system-wide changes to the computer, has full control, and can access all of the files on the computer. Most home users are automatically the Administrator of their computer. If you don’t know if you are the Administrator, or how to log in as Administrator, you might need to talk to the person who set up the computer for you. If no one set up your computer for you, then by default, you are the Administrator.

Windows 2000,

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

Clickfree iPod Transformer can back up as many computers as you like: you are limited

only by the amount of space on your iPod.

Clickfree creates a unique identifier for each computer that it is used with, regardless of

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

You can change the name of a computer after backup to make it easier to remember which computer is which.

You change a computer’s name from the Clickfree computer” on page

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

H

It makes no difference at all - just plug your iPod and iPod Transformer in to each computer to back it up.

Each time you back up a computer for the first time, its name is added to the drop down list of computers that you see on the

Summary

, and Options screens.

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Backup Summary, Restore From, Restore

Options screen. See “To rename a

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♦ To find the name of a computer:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of “How do I start using my Clickfree iPod Transformer?” on

page

10.

2. When you see the countdown screen, click

Options before the countdown reaches

zero:

All of the computers that Clickfree has backed up on your iPod are shown at the left side of the screen, with the computer name underneath.

When you click one of the computers, Clickfree shows:

• the computer name

• the date and time of last backup

• the amount of space taken up by backed-up content for that computer

♦ To rename a computer:

On the Options screen:

1. Click the computer whose name you want to change.

2. Click

Rename PC.

3. Type the new name for the computer and click

Note: Use only letters, numbers and hyphens for the computer name.

Save.

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♦ To remove a computer:

If you no longer want to keep content backed up from a computer (for example, you may no longer have that computer, and have already restored its content to another computer), you can free up space on your iPod by removing the old computer from

Clickfree.

Warning: If you have not restored the content that you still want to keep, do not remove

the computer from Clickfree: you cannot restore content from a computer that you have removed.

On the Options screen:

1. Click the computer you want to remove.

2. Click

3. If you really want to remove the computer from Clickfree, check the checkbox and

Warning: Once you have removed a computer from Clickfree there is no way to recover

Remove PC.

Remove.

click

that computer’s content from your iPod.

Clickfree may take several minutes to erase the data, depending on the amount of

content backed up on your iPod. To see how to remove the content from all computers, see ”

Delete Clickfree Data” on page 52.

WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

When you reset your iPod Transformer to factory settings, for the selected computer:

• Custom extensions are removed

• File search locations and file-type selections are ‘forgotten’

• Files you have asked to be excluded from future backups are once again eligible

for backup

Note: None of your backed-up files are removed – all backups remain intact.

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♦ To reset a computer to factory settings:

1. In the Manage Backups and PCs screen, choose the computer to be reset.

2. Click

Use Factory Settings.

3. If you really want to reset the computer to factory settings, check the checkbox and

Reset.

click

WHAT ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

Several tools are available for working with Clickfree:

•

Delete Clickfree Data - removes all backed-up content from your iPod, and

erases any changes you have made to the backup settings.

•

Update Software– upgrades the Clickfree software to the latest version Language – changes the language used in the Clickfree screens

•

Clickfree Backup Assistant – allows you to set a backup reminder, or to run a

•

scheduled backup automatically

♦ To use these tools:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of “How do I start using my Clickfree iPod Transformer?” on

10.

page

2. When you see the countdown screen, click

zero:

Options before the countdown reaches

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3. Click the Tools tab to show the descriptions of the first three tools:

and the

More Tools tab to show the description of the Backup Assistant:

ELETE CLICKFREE DATA

D

Delete Clickfree Data is used to remove all backed-up content from all computers that

have been backed up on your iPod.

At the same time:

• Custom extensions are removed

• File search locations and file-type selections are ‘forgotten’

• Files you have asked to be excluded from future backups are once again eligible

for backup

After you

Delete Clickfree Data you can no longer restore any previously backed-up

content. However, your iPod can still be used for new backups.

Clickfree never erases anything other than the backups it has performed. The music on your iPod is left untouched and is never erased.

If you want to remove only the content that was backed up from one computer, see “ remove a computer” on page

50.

To

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♦ To delete all backups from your iPod:

1. On the Tools screen click Delete Clickfree Data.

2. If you really want to remove all backed-up content from your iPod, check the

checkbox and click

Warning: Once you have deleted your Clickfree data there is no way to recover any

backed-up content from your iPod.

Clickfree may take several minutes to erase all of the content, depending on

the amount of content backed up on your iPod.

OK.

U

PDATING 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 it 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.

♦ To check automatically for updates:

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

Automatically check for software updates is checked on the Tools screen:

.

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 software updates is unchecked on the

Tools screen: .

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♦ To check manually for updates:

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

If the software in your Clickfree Transformer and your computer is up to date, click

OK 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 Clickfree iPod Transformer from your computer and not to turn off or restart the computer until the update is complete.

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2. To see details of enhancements and fixes included in this update, click Details:

3. When the software update is complete, unplug the Clickfree iPod Transformer and

plug it in again for the update to take effect.

NTERFACE LANGUAGE

I

♦ To choose which language is used in the Clickfree screens:

When you start Clickfree, it automatically uses the language that Windows is set for.

If you want to change the language that Clickfree uses, click the arrow at the right of the language box and choose the language you prefer.

BACKUP REMINDER AND SCHEDULED BACKUPS

Clickfree can remind you to back up your files by installing the Backup Assistant. This

puts a handy icon in the bottom right corner of your screen.

From this icon you can decide how often to be reminded to back up, can start a backup, and can display or hide the Backup Assistant window.

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BACKUP ASSISTANT

♦ To install the Backup Assistant:

• On the More Tools window, click Install Backup Assistant:

The Clickfree icon

is installed in the bottom right corner of your computer

screen.

T

HE CLICKFREE TRAY ICON

The icon may be one of three colors:

• Green –

Clickfree iPod Transformer and your iPod are attached to your

computer

• Red –

You have exceeded the number of days set in the backup reminder, it is

time to back up

• Grey –

Clickfree iPod Transformer and your iPod are not attached to your

computer

You can right-click on the icon to display a menu:

The menu items depend on the colour of the icon, but in general allow you to:

• show or hide the Backup Assistant window

• start a backup – can also be done from the Backup Assistant

• set a reminder – can also be done from the Backup Assistant

• uninstall the Backup Assistant

• view the Reminder version

• close (Exit) the Backup Assistant.

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♦ To set a schedule for back ups:

1. Click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen to

show the Backup Assistant:

2. Click

Click here to schedule unattended backups.

3. Check

4. Click

Enable Schedule, and set the start time and frequency of the backups.

OK.

5. Ensure that your iPod Transformer and iPod are connected to your computer at the

time and on the days that unattended backup is to take place.

Note: Backup will run as scheduled using the backup settings you set in “

How do I change how Clickfree does backups?” on page 15, if you have chosen file types and locations, or as described in “ Transformer?” on page

10 if you have not chosen file types and locations.

How do I start using my Clickfree iPod

♦ To set the number of days before Clickfree reminds you to back up:

1. Click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen to

show the Backup Assistant:

2. In the

Set Reminder pane, choose how often you want to be reminded.

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3. Click OK.

Each time you start your computer, and have not backed up within the reminder period, you will see a reminder of how long it has been since you last backed up your files:

♦ To temporarily disable reminders:

Set the number of days to none.

♦ To stop getting reminders:

1. Right-click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen:

2. Click Uninstall.

The icon disappears, and reminders are permanently disabled.

If you want to see reminders in the future, you can install them again. See “ Assistant” on page

56.

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES?

In addition to allowing you to choose to back up pre-defined file types within the predefined categories, Clickfree has a category called Custom Extensions to which you can add file types that are not included in the pre-defined categories.

You can add, remove, and change file types using the

Backup

Choose File Types screen:

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♦ To add a file type:

1. Click Add File Type:

2. Type the extension for the new file type, and click

The new file type is added to

♦ To remove a file type:

1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Remove File Type:

Save.

Custom Extensions:

2. Click

Yes.

The file type is removed from

Custom Extensions:

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♦ To change a file type:

1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Edit File Type:

2. Type the new extension for the file type, and click

The file type in

3. When you are finished working with custom extensions, click

with choosing locations to be searched.

Custom Extensions is modified.

Save.

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP?

You already saw how to choose file categories for backup in “Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required” on page

You can also expand each category and select or unselect individual file types that make up that category.

Note: When a category is selected or unselected by checking or unchecking its checkbox, all

of the file types that make up that category are also selected or unselected.

♦ To select one or more file types in a category:

1. Click the + to the left of the checkbox. This expands the category list to show the file

types that make up that category, and changes the + to a -:

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Next > and continue

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2. You can now choose the individual types of file you want to include in the backup

by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes.

You collapse the category again by clicking the - .

3. If you need to back up file types that are not in any category, see “

Add/Remove/Edit filetypes?” on page

4. When you are finished selecting file categories and file types, click

continue with choosing locations to be searched.

58 for details of how to add a new file type.

CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

After you have completed a backup, you can review the backed-up files and not only delete individual files from the backup, but also ensure that these files are never backed up again.

For details, see “

To work with the file(s) you have selected” on page 45.

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE?

On the Restore From screen you can click checkboxes to select the category whose files you want to restore.

How do I

Next > and

You can also:

• Select backed-up files within a category

• Browse through folders that contain backup files

• Search for backed-up files by file type, file date, and file name

Files selected by each of these means are included in the restore.

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♦ To select files within a category:

1. Click Advanced then click the category name.

All files in that category are shown in the

2. Select the files to be restored, and click

You are returned to the

Restore Summary screen where you can make more

selections.

3. If you are finished selecting files, click

♦ To select files by browsing:

Search Files screen.

Next >.

1. Click Advanced then click the Browse Files tab then click the + to

expand the view.

2. Select the files to be restored, and click

You are returned to the

Restore Summary screen where you can make more

Next >.

selections.

3. If you are finished selecting files, click

Next >.

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♦ To select files by searching:

1. Click Advanced then click the Search Files tab.

2. Select the combination of

File Type, File Date, and File Name that should find the

files you want to restore:

These selections are combined so that only files that match all of them are found – in this case only files in the category Photos, and created/last changed within the last year, and with names starting with ‘inuk’.

File Type – select a category

•

File Date – select the time period within which the files were created or changed File Name – type a “mask” to select files:

•

Type whatever you can remember of the file names you want to find, and substitute:

• ? for one character, meaning that character can be anything at all

• * for any number of characters, meaning these characters can be anything

at all

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• For example, assume that the File Type and File Date selections would include

them:

• To find all files whose names begin with ‘08Dec’, type ‘08Dec*’ – this will

find 08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, but not 2008DecemberExpenses.xls

• To find all files with ‘Dec’ anywhere in the name, type ‘*Dec*’ – this will

find 08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, 2008DecemberExpenses.xls, etc

• To find all files with ‘n’ as the second character of the name, type ‘?n*’ –

this will find IndiaSlides.ppt, inukshuk5.jpg, but not 5inukshuk.jpg

• To find all files of type ‘doc’ or ‘docx’, type ‘*.doc*’ – of course, this will

also find any files that have type ‘doczzz’ as well

3. Click

4. Select the files to be restored, and click

5. If you are finished selecting files, click

Search.

Files that match all of your search criteria are displayed.

Next >.

You are returned to the selections.

Restore Summary screen where you can make more

Next >.

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR FOLDER TO RESTORE TO?

On the Select Location to Restore Files screen you can choose:

• the disk drive to restore content to (if you have more than one)

• the folder on that drive to use

If any drive does not have enough space for the content to be restored, the drive letter and free space are ‘greyed’:

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♦ To select another drive and/or folder to restore to:

1. Select the drive to restore to.

The folder that will be used is shown below the drives.

2. To change the folder, click

Change Folder and select the folder you want.

As usual, click + to expand a folder, - to collapse the folder again.

3. To create a new subfolder, click

4. Click

Next >, and continue with “Choosing categories of content to be restored” on

33.

page

New Folder, type the folder name, and click OK.

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DELAYED WRITE FAILED, OR UNSAFE REMOVAL OF DEVICE

Note: Sometimes when you unplug the iPod Transformer you will see a window that

tells you that there was a delayed write failure:

This is nothing to be concerned about – the message can safely be closed and ignored.

Note: If you are using Windows 2000, sometimes when you unplug the iPod

Transformer you may see an that you have unplugged a device without stopping it:

Unsafe Removal of Device window telling you

To avoid this you should stop the iPod Transformer before unplugging it. Follow the instructions in the

Unsafe Removal of Device window.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introducing Clickfree iPod 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 IPOD TRANSFORMER?

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY

WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY?

WHAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEARS?

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY IPOD?

Restoring my content

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE 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?

RESTORING CONTENT

CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO

WHAT ABOUT ‘EXCEPTIONS’ DURING RESTORE?

HOW CAN I UNDO A RESTORE?

HOW DO I FIND FILES THAT WERE RESTORED

Browsing, searching & viewing my files

HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES?

HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES?

WHAT CAN I DO WITH FILES FROM BROWSE AND SEARCH

Advanced topics

HOW DO I IMPORT MUSIC FROM MY IPOD TO MY COMPUTER?

WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER?

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

WHAT ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

Delete Clickfree Data is used to remove all backed-up content from all computers that

BACKUP REMINDER AND SCHEDULED BACKUPS

BACKUP ASSISTANT

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES?

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP?

CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE?

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR FOLDER TO RESTORE TO?

DELAYED WRITE FAILED, OR UNSAFE REMOVAL OF DEVICE

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