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Clickfree DVD T ransformer User Guide for Apple Macintosh users.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Contents Content s I NTRODUCING C LICKFREE DVD T RANSFORMER 4 Main Features 4 Package content s 5 Definitions 5 B ASICS 7 H OW DOES C LICKFREE WORK.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Contents H OW DO I CHA NGE HOW C LICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT ? 24 Restoring content 24 Choosing categories of content to be restored 24 Choosing wher.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer Introducing Clickfree DVD T ransformer Thank you for buying the Clickfree DVD Transformer – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer How it backs up • The first time you connect a Clickfree DVD Transformer to your computer it searches for, .
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Introducing Clickfree DVD Transformer 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 yo ur computer – music, photos, letters, emails etc.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Basics Basics H OW DOES C LICKFREE WORK ? All you need to do to keep your projects, ph otos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug the Clickfree DVD Transformer in to your comp uter, supply recordable media when prompted, and let it work! No need to install software or to config ure anything.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Basics D OES C LICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF M Y CONTENT EVER Y TIME ? The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up the entire Home folder, which might take some time – it just depend s on how much content you have.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content Backing up my content H OW DO I ST ART USING MY C LICKFREE DVD T RANSFORM ER ? ♦ To start using your Clickfree DVD Transformer: 1. Make sure that your computer is swit ched on and has finished starting up.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content Z ERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALL Y ! Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period Clickfree starts the backup.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content 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.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content 5. At the end of the backup, the backup disk is ejected, and you are prompted to label it: 6.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content H OW DO I CHANGE HOW C LICKFREE DOES BAC KUPS ? 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.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content C HOOSING WHA T 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 … .
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content C HOOSING CA TEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP All of the categories are selected by default. 7. Choose the categories of content to be ba cked up, for example, Office Documents, Photos, and Videos.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content Clickfree searches for content to back up Before actually backing up any content, Clickfree adds up the sizes of the files in.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content 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.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Backing up my content When you see the Backup Su mmary window, unplug the DVD Transformer, label the backup disk(s), and store them in a safe place. Note : Clickfr ee tells you to label the disk with a num ber and date.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content Restoring my content W HA T IF MY COMPUTER ’ S INTERNAL HARD DISK STOPS WORKING , OR I WOULD LIKE T O TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUT ER ? All computer hard disks fail eventually, so metimes without warning.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content Note : At the start of a restore, Clickfree asks you t o insert a back up disk with a pa rticular number and date.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 5. Before the countdown gets to zero, click Restore . Th e What to restore window appears. Note that all of the categories that have backed-up content are checked off in the Categories column.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 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.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 11. Before it overwrites an existing file on yo ur 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.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 14. To open a Finder window at the re store 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.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content C HOOSING WHERE TO REST ORE CONTENT TO 5. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore y our content to the default folder or to somewhere else. • If you want to restore your content to the default folder, go to step 7 .
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content Before it overwrites an existing file on yo ur computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the same- name file from the backup: 10.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Restoring my content 11. To open a Finder window at the re store 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.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r 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 f.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Browsing & searching for my files ♦ 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 Backup View .
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics Advanced topics W HA T IF I HA VE MORE THAN ONE COMP UTER ? DVD Transformer can back as many computers as you like. Note : Each CD or DVD is used for only on e backup. On ce a back up is finished yo u cannot re cord anything else on the disk.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics 2. Click Restore Files and continue with the normal restore procedure. 3. If you click View , you see a summary of backed-up files. You can continue with the normal browsing and searching functions.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics ♦ 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 Options before the countdown reaches zero: 3.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics 4. If you really want to remove the user’s backup history from the Clickfree DVD Transformer, click Yes . Warning : Once you have remo ved a user’s ba ckup history from the Clickfree DVD Transformer ther e is no way to rec over that user’s hi story.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics ♦ To check automatically for u pdates: By default, Clickfree automatically looks for updates when it is connected to your computer and you have a connection to the internet.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics H OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE ? On the What t o restore window you can click checkboxes to select the category whose files you want to restore. You can also select and deselect indivi dual backed-up files within a category.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics 2. Select and deselect files as you normally do in a Finder window. 3. Click OK . The counts of Selected Files are updated. 4. When you are finished selecting files, click Next . The restore continues.
Clickfree DVD Transformer fo r Macintosh: User Guide Legal stuff Legal stuff Clickfree and the Clickfree logo are trademarks or regi stered trademarks of Storage Appliance Corporation. Other product names used in this guide are recognized as trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners.
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