User Guide

Contents

PART I: MEET MINI PAL& MUCH MORE

Welcome! ..............................................................................................8

Precautions ........................................................................................10

Package Contents ..............................................................................11

System Requirements for Mac ..........................................................12

System Requirements for PC ............................................................13

AcomData mini Pal at a Glance .........................................................14

AcomData mini Pal In-Depth ............................................................16

FireWire 400 Hard Drive .................................................................................... 16

FireWire 400 Hub ............................................................................................... 16

On-Bus Power ..................................................................................................... 17

PushButton™ Backup ....................................................................................... 18

How PushButton™ Backup Works .......................................................................................... 18

Duplicates vs. Backups ............................................................................................................... 19

About Backups .............................................................................................................................. 20

Hot-Pluggable .................................................................................................... 20

Fanless Design .................................................................................................... 21

Plug & Play Setup ............................................................................................... 21

Mac & PC Ready .................................................................................................. 21

Technical Specifications ....................................................................22

PART II: SETTING UP MINI PAL

Connecting the mini Pal to your Mac mini .......................................26

Connecting mini Pal to Computers other than Mac mini ...............29

Naming Your mini Pal ........................................................................30

Re-Formatting mini Pal .....................................................................31

Formatting mini Pal in Windows XP or 2000 ................................................ 33

Formatting mini Pal in Windows 98SE or Me ................................................ 34

Formatting mini Pal in Mac OS X ..................................................................... 35

Formatting mini Pal in Mac OS 9 ..................................................................... 36

How to Safely Turn Off (and Disconnect) mini Pal ..........................37

Mac Users ........� 38

PC Users ...........� 38

Connecting Peripherals .....................................................................39

Connecting USB Peripherals ............................................................................... 40

Connecting FireWire Peripherals ....................................................................... 42

PART III: PUSHBUTTON™ BACKUP

PushButton™ Backup for Mac ...........................................................46

Software Installation ............................................................................................ 46

Installing Retrospect® Express ........................................................................ 47

Installing AcomData PushButton™ Manager ............................................... 49