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    C2N Home Backup User Guide for Apple Mac users[...]

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    Copyright © 2010 Storage Appliance Corporation. 2 Clickfree and the Clickfree logo are trademarks o r registered trademarks of Storage Appliance Corporation. Other product names used in this guide are recognized as trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. The information contained in this guide is provided by Storage Appliance Corporat[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Introducing the Clickfree C2N Contents I NTRODUCING THE C LICKFREE C2N ................................................................. 5  How it works .............................................................................................................................. ................ 5  Definitions [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Introducing the Clickfree C2N How is backup dif ferent when I have more than one computer? ........................................................ 20  Removing a User .............................................................................................................................. .. 20  What if I [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Introducing the Clickfree C2N Introducing the Clickfree C2N H OW IT WORKS There are two m odels of C2N: the C2 N 2.5” Porta ble Automatic Backup and the C2N 3.5” Desktop Automatic Backup. Th e procedures a re identica l for both, with the exception of the backup, which is docu m ented se parately for ea ch on pag[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Introducing the Clickfree C2N The only exception to this is if you pr evious ly used yo ur C2N with a non-Ma c computer and saved files on it outside of C lickfree b a ckups. Because you will need to reformat the exte rnal hard disk for use with th e Mac, al l data on the disk will be lost. Be sure to cop y valuable [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Introducing the Clickfree C2N F EA TURES • Customizable backup options for custom f ile types and full folder backup; remembers each user’s customized settings • Multi-computer backup -- can hold the backup s for as many users as you like, limited only by the available space on the C2N • Easily restore to sam[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Backing Up Backing Up If you have not yet backed up a computer onto the C2N, follow the instructions below. If you have previously backed up a computer onto the C2N, use the BackupLink utility – see page 12 . B ACKING UP A COMP UTER THE FIRST TIME I F YOU ARE USING THE C2N 2.5” P ORT ABLE A UTOMA TIC B ACKUP 1. M[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Backing Up 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, you don’t need to do anything further. For details, see “What get s backed up? ” on page 6 . • If you wa[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Backing Up I F YOU ARE USING THE C2N 3.5” D ESKTOP A UTOMA TIC B ACKUP 1. Make sure that your computer is switch ed on and has finished starting up. 2. Connect one end of the C2N power adapter to a wall outlet or power bar and the othe r end to the C2N. 3. Connect one end of the USB cable to the C2N and the other e[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Backing Up 7. During the backup, Clickfree displays a progress window. When you see the Backup Su mmary window after the backup is complete, simply click Close . You’re done! 8. To back up another computer on the same network, use the detachable USB Set-up Key found at the back of the C2N and connect it to a USB po[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Backing Up U SING THE B ACKUP L INK UTILITY After the first backup on a computer, the Clic kfree BackupLink utility is installed. You will see an icon in the menu bar. We will refe rence this icon throughout this manual. Click the icon in the menu bar and choose BackupLink Status.. This window shows all computers tha[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Restoring Content Restoring Content You can restore your content to any computer that meet s the system requirements (see “ What do I need before I start? ” on page 7 ), not just to the computer the content was backed up from. To restore files from more than one user, si mply repeat the r estore process choosing [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Restoring Content Click the arrow at the right of the Please select the User yo u would like to restore box and select the name of the user whose conten t yo u want to restore to this computer: 5. Click Start Restore . Your content has not been deleted from your Clic kfree backup: it is sti ll safe on the C2N. R ESTO[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Restoring Content • If two files have the same size (KB) and same date modified, it is likely to be safe to skip. Your conten t has not be en deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on the C2N. H OW DO I FIND FILES THA T WERE RESTORED ? On the Restore Complete window, click the button below Your files [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Brow sing or Searching for Backed Up Files Browsing or Searching for Backed Up Files 1. Click the icon in the menu bar and choose BackupLink Status. 2. In the BackupLink status screen, click View Files . You can only do this i f the Backup Status is “R eady”, no t if any o f the connect ed computers is curr ently[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions W HA T IF C LICKFREE DOESN ’ T ST ART UP AUTOMA TICALL Y ? If Clickfree does not run when you plug in the C2N: • If you connected the C2N to a USB hub, the hub may not provide enough power for a C2N. Try connecting to a USB port on the computer itself. • Ens[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions B ACKUP L INK TROUB LESHOOTING • If a backup is currently running on any of the connected computers, it says “Backing up” and all the Backup Now buttons are disabled until the backup is complete. • If one of the computers is not available (for example, the user may not be logged on [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions However: • Although a scheduled backup will wake yo ur computer from sleep mode, it will not run if the computer is hibernating. • If your C2N uses password protection, the sc hed uled backup is delayed until you enter the password. • If another computer is being backed up at the time[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions W HA T IF I HA VE MORE THAN ONE COMPUT ER ? C2N can backup as many computers as you like: you are limited only by the amount of space on your C2N. Clickfree creates a unique identifier for each computer and user that it is used with, regardless of the computer’s and user’s names. Th is [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions W HA T IF I USE MORE THAN ONE C2N? If you are backing up multiple computers and run out of space, you can use multiple C2Ns. However, each must be used for the same comp uter(s) and user(s) each time (i.e. a computer must be backed up onto the same C2N each time). Each C2N uses a unique dev[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions H OW DO I ENA BLE P ASSWORD PROTECTION ? 1. On the More Tools window, click Enable Pass word . 2. Type your password in both the New Password and Retype Password fields. Clickfree imposes no restrict ions on the pass word, and tr eats upper-case and lo wer- case le tters as id entical. But [...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions U PDA TING C LICKFREE SOFTW A RE From time to time Clickfree software is upgr aded to provide new or enhanced features. Clickfree automatically looks for updates when it is connected to your computer and you have a connection to the Internet. If you access the C2N over the network (using th[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions H OW DO I IMPORT MUSIC FROM MY I P OD TO MY COMPUTER ? You can use your C2N to copy music from your iPod/iPhone to your computer. 1. Click the icon in the menu bar and choose BackupLink Status. 2. In the BackupLink status window, click Options . You can only do this i f the Backup Status is[...]

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    Clickfree C2N Home Backup (Mac) Frequently Asked Questions Copyright © 2010 Storage Appliance Corporation. 25 H OW DO I BACK UP ONT O CD S OR DVD S ? 1. Double-click the icon on the desktop to op en the BackupLink Status window (or click once on the icon in the system tray). 2. In the BackupLink status window, click Options . You can only do this [...]