Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro User's Manual Page 3
Contents
1—About Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro........................ 5!
What are Intego Backup Assistant and Intego Backup Manager Pro? ............................. 6!
How Intego Backup Manager Pro Protects Your Files ......................................................... 8!
Why You Need to Protect your Data...................................................................................... 10!
How You Can Lose Data .......................................................................................................... 11!
Backup Decisions ...................................................................................................................... 12!
Using Scripts to Automate Backups ...................................................................................... 15!
Getting the Most From This User’s Manual ........................................................................ 16!
System Requirements............................................................................................................... 17!
Installing Intego Backup Assistant or Intego Backup Manager Pro ............................... 17!
Serializing Intego Backup Manager Pro............................................................................... 19!
Using Intego Backup Manager Pro in Evaluation Mode................................................... 20!
2—Quick Start ...................................................................................................................21!
Your First Backup ...................................................................................................................... 22!
3—Managing Scripts.........................................................................................................24!
Getting Started With Scripts ................................................................................................... 25!
Sources and Destinations ........................................................................................................ 29!
Creating Sources and Destinations .....................................................................................................30!
Other Sources and Destinations ..........................................................................................................32!
Network Drives................................................................................................................................. 33!
Spotlight Search ................................................................................................................................ 34!
iDisk ....................................................................................................................................................35!
Optical Discs ......................................................................................................................................36!
Disk Images .......................................................................................................................................38!
Changing Sources and Destinations ...................................................................................................39!
Locking, Exporting, and Importing Scripts.......................................................................... 41!
4—Script Options.............................................................................................................. 43!
Overview of Intego Backup Manager Pro’s Script Options ............................................. 44!
Schedules .................................................................................................................................... 46!
Preparation: Preprocessing Files ............................................................................................ 49!
Exceptions ................................................................................................................................... 50!
Options ........................................................................................................................................ 52!
Backup Options......................................................................................................................................53!
Bootable Backup Options .....................................................................................................................55!
Synchronization Options ......................................................................................................................56!
Finishing: Postprocessing Files .............................................................................................. 58!