Seagate OneTouch OneTouch Installation Guide Mac - Page 20

What is Maxtor OneTouch? Maxtor OneTouch is an easy way to make backup copies of your files. By pressing the button on the front of your drive, your files are copied. It's that simple. will erase all files on the destination drive's backup folder and will only copy the selected files from the source drive's folder. Use with caution! It is strongly recommended that you: How does the Maxtor OneTouch drive work? • Select the option to "Replace Corresponding Files" Each time you touch the button, the Maxtor OneTouch drive opens (see Figure 7) up Dantz Retrospect Express and makes a copy of the files on your • Define a folder on the destination drive dedicated to your 3 source drive, exactly as they exist. duplicate backups. Here are some important guidelines: Figure 7. • Only the current versions of your files are copied. The Maxtor OneTouch drive does not keep backup copies made in earlier sessions. • If you delete files from your source drive and then push the button, those same files will also be deleted from your Maxtor OneTouch drive. • Any files that are currently open will not be copied to the Maxtor OneTouch drive. Close any files you want copied before pressing the button. Can I customize the Maxtor OneTouch Backup? Yes. Using Retrospect Express, you can customize OneTouch backup in a variety of ways. The default type is a duplicate backup (outlined in"How does the Maxtor OneTouch drive work?" above). You can even customize how the duplicate replaces files on the destination drive. If you modify the destination location for the Maxtor OneTouch script or any other duplicate script in Retrospect, it will default to "replace the entire contents" of the selected drive or folder. This 16