Clickfree Backup Drive - Manual (Page 27)

Clickfree Backup Drive for Macintosh: User Guide Advanced topics
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W
HAT IF
I
HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER
?
Clickfree Backup Drive can back as many computers as you like: you are limited only
by the amount of space on your Backup Drive.
Clickfree creates a unique identifier for each computer and user that it is used with,
regardless of the computer’s and user’s names. This allows Clickfree to back up content
for more than one computer and user without the files getting mixed up with each other,
even if all of the computers and users have the same names.
H OW IS BACKUP DIFFERENT WHEN I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER ?
It makes no difference at all - just plug the Backup Drive in to each computer to back up
its users’ content.
Each time you back up a user’s content for the first time, the user name is added to the
drop down list of users that you see in the
Backups box on the Backup Summary
window.
W
HAT IF
I
USE MORE THAN ONE
B
ACKUP
D
RIVE
?
You can use as many Backup Drives as you like – as far as Clickfree is concerned, each
Backup Drive (and the backups on it) is independent of the others.
H OW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS ?
If you want to keep multiple backups of a user’s content, use multiple Backup Drives for
that user.
The first time you back up a user’s content onto any Backup Drive, Clickfree makes a
full backup. The next time you use the same Backup Drive for the same user it backs up
only new and changed content.
So if you use a second Backup Drive with the same user, Clickfree starts off with a full
backup again.
C
LICKFREE
T
OOLS
Several tools are available for working with Clickfree :
• Manage backups – shows backup information and allows you to remove all
backups for a user
• Master reset - removes all backed-up content from your Backup Drive, and
undoes any changes you have made to the backup settings.
• Update – upgrades the Clickfree software
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