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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide
for Microsoft Windows users
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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 – R
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Table of Contents 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
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Table of Contents 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 6
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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
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Introducing Clickfree iPod Transformer 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
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Introducing Clickfree iPod Transformer 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
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Basics 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 Transfor
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Basics 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. WHAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP? Clickfree backs up content in these categories: • Photos – including common
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content 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. and frequently has a symbol beside A USB port usually looks like this: it
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content 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
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content 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 Include checkbox is checked. You can: • Choose to include the category in the backup or exclude the category. In the example above: the Photos category has been excluded – its Include checkbox has been unchecked: the Spreadsheets catego
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content Clickfree displays some screens to show progress: The Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on your iPod. Note: The numbers shown relate to backups on the Current PC only. When you see the Backup Summary screen, simply unpl
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content 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
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content WHAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEARS? In Windows Vista, if the AutoPlay window appears: 1. Check Always do this for software and games. 2. Click 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 “How do I choose i
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content ♦ 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 Options. The Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed: 3. Now click Change Backup Settings. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 16
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content 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 . If it isn’t, click the box to check it. You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in the
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content ♦ To look only in certain folders: • Choose Search selected folders only then select folders from My Documents. and My Computer. • To search the entire My Documents folder, make sure that the checkbox is checked . • To see details of a folder under 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 collap
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content 7. When you have made your choices, click Next >. CHOOSING 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
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Clickfree iPod Transformer User Guide Backing up my content • 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 HikePhotos: • Do the same for My Computer. 9. When you have made your choices, click Next >. 10. Click Done then Close to continue with the coun
