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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION
USER MANUAL
WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 26
Retrieve Tab Displays
Three WD SmartWare software Retrieve tab displays guide you through the tasks for
finding backup files and copying them to the selected backup source device:
Selecting the backup volume to retrieve from
Selecting the destination for retrieved files
Selecting the files to retrieve from the selected backup target device
See Figure 10 and Table 3 on page 27 for a brief functional description of the Retrieve
tab displays.
Backup schedule
reminder button Not shown in Figure 9 on page 24:
For scheduled backups, clicking the button displays a status
dialog that:
Shows the date and time of your next scheduled backup, the
last backup that might have been missed, and the last
completed backup
Provides a Backup Now button for bypassing the schedule
and running the backup now
Backup source content
gauge Same as the content gauge for the backup source device on the
Home tab display. (See “Backup source content gauge” on
page 20.)
Backup target content
gauge Same as the content gauge for the backup target device on the
Home tab display. (See “Backup target content gauge” on
page 21.)
Category/File Backup
toggle button Switches the backup mode between categories and files:
Category mode—Backs up files according to their categories,
as shown in the content gauges.
The button name is Switch to File Backup when the backup
mode is category.
File mode—Backs up files according to their folder structure on
the selected backup source drive.
The button name is Switch to Category Backup when the
backup mode is file.
Enable/Disable Backup
toggle button Starts and stops the backup.
Set Backup Frequency
button Opens the Set Backup Frequency dialog for selecting either
continuous or scheduled backups. A continuous backup runs all
the time. A scheduled backup runs only on specified days at
specified times.
Table 2. Backup Tab Functional Description (Continued)
Display Component Description