Tri-Edre Clone X 1 Operating instructions

Brand: Tri-Edre

Model: Clone X 1

Type: Operating instructions

Tri-Edre Clone X 1 is a versatile tool that empowers you to safeguard and manage your Mac system effortlessly. With this device, you can create clones of your current system, ensuring that you always have a reliable backup in case of unexpected events or system failures. Additionally, Clone X 1 enables you to conveniently repair damaged systems, alleviating the stress and hassle associated with system malfunctions. Furthermore, you can harness Clone X 1 to seamlessly transfer your system to different disks or computers, providing greater flexibility and control over your Mac environment.

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1 - Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 Welcome!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.3 Latest version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.4 Program installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.5 Clone’X ﬁrst use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.6 Technical support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.7 Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.8 Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 - Getting to know Clone’X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.1 Creating clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.2 Complete System copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3 Repairing a damaged System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.4 Installing Mac OS on another computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3 - Creating clones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.1 Creating a new clone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.2 Which ﬁles are cloned? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.3 Where can clones be saved?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.4 How to create clones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4 - Updating clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.1 Updating existing clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.2 How to update existing clones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5 - Managing clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.1 Clones visibility in the Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.2 Browsing clones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.3 Damaged clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.4 Deleting clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.5 Renaming clones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.6 Making clones visible or invisible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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6 - Restoring clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6.1 Restoring the System using clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6.2 Which ﬁles are restored?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

6.3 How to restore clones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

6.4 How to restore the System from clones saved on CDs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.5 Using the restored disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

6.6 History ﬁle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

6.7 Cancelling the restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

7 - How to copy a disc with Clone’X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

7.1 Before starting to copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

7.2 How to copy a System Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

7.3 Copy on a disc containing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

8 - Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

8.1 At startup, Clone’X asks a password, why?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

8.2 Errors have occurred during cloning or restoration, why? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

8.3 The restored System does not properly work, why? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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1.1 - Welcome!

1 - Introduction

1.1 Welcome!

We would like to thank you for using our product Clone’X!

Clone’X is a Macintosh utility that allows you to:

• create System clones.

• easily repair the System if it gets damaged.

• easily copy the System to other disks or computers.

1.2 Registration

You will ﬁnd a registration card, enclosed in the package, for your

software license.

Please ﬁll this card and send it back

. As soon as we

receive your registration card, you will be entitled to free technical

support. We may also send you information about product news or product

updates.

1.3 Latest version

Check our web site at

http://www.tri-edre.com

http://www.tri-edre.fr

to know if you are currently using the latest version of this program. If you

do not have the latest version, you may download it. Use your existing

serial number to install it.

Note: Serial numbers are compatible with all versions having the same main

version number. For example, a serial number for version 1.0 is usable with

versions 1.01, 1.02, and so on.

1.4 Program installation

To install Clone’X, insert the installation CD and copy the «Clone’X»

folder to your hard disk (you can also download it at

http://www.tri-

edre.com

http://www.tri-edre.fr

If you are using Mac OS X, it is advisable to install Clone’X in the

«Applications» folder.

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1 - Introduction

1.5 - Clone’X ﬁrst use

1.5 Clone’X ﬁrst use

Double-click the application icon to run Clone’X.

Under Mac OS X, you must type in your password in order to open

Clone’X. Indeed, under Mac OS X, normal users cannot modify the

System therefore they cannot use Clone’X to clone or restore the current

System. Therefore, in order to use Clone’X, you must type in an

administrator password (this is the password you have deﬁned when have

installed Mac OS X on your computer). Without this password, you cannot

use Clone’X.

Picture 1. Authentication

Then, the application asks you to enter your serial number. You can ﬁnd

the serial number on the CD sleeve. This personal serial number activates

all the functions. Keep your serial number in a safe place in order to be

eligible for free updates and free technical support.

If you have not yet bought Clone’X and want to try it, click the «Trial

Mode» button. The Trial mode is limited to 30 days. During the Trial

period, all features are available. But after 30 days, you will no longer be

able to use Clone’X.

1.6 Technical support

Our technical support is free. You can contact us by e-mail, fax, and phone.

(Contact information is included below.)

You should mention your serial number and the application version

number when you contact us.

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1.7 - Updates

1 - Introduction

1.7 Updates

You can download free updates from our web site:

http://www.tri-edre.com

http://www.tri-edre.fr

1.8 Contacts

You can contact us with the information below. If you have comments

about this product, problems or questions you were unable to answer using

this user guide or with our web site, or you are interested in obtaining a site

license, please contact TRI-EDRE.

Please have your version and serial numbers ready when you call or

include them if your write.

• E-mail:

[email protected] or [email protected]

• Phone or fax:

Phone: 33 498 101 050

Fax: 33 498 101 055

• Mail:

TRI-EDRE

22 Place de l’Eglise

BP 111

83510 Lorgues

France

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2 - Getting to know Clone’X

2.1 - Creating clones

2 - Getting to know Clone’X

Clone’X is a Macintosh utility that allows you to easily clone the System

(Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, or Mac OS 8.6) that runs your computer.

2.1 Creating clones

The ﬁrst thing to do with Clone’X is to clone your current System. Clones

can be saved on internal hard disks, external hard disks, and CDs. Each

clone contains a copy of every ﬁle used by Mac OS to run your computer.

However, the clone itself is not a System Folder, its content is hidden in the

Finder and cannot be used in the Finder. But thanks to the clone data,

Clone’X will be able to restore and repair your System if it gets damaged.

Clones can also be used to install a copy of your System on another disk or

computer.

2.2 Complete System copy

Copy differs from cloning on differents points:

• Copy is not compressed;

• Copy moves all data of the disc.

This function allows Clone’X to «move» all data of a disc on an other one.

Visible and invisibles System’s ﬁles are copied. If you copy a disc

containing a Mac Os X System, you will be able to boot on your copy. You

can obviously do the same thing with 8 and 9 Systems.

2.3 Repairing a damaged System

If crashes damage your System, you won’t have to reinstall it from scratch

using Apple installations CDs. You won’t have to download again Mac OS

updates and you won’t have to install them. Clone’X allows you to easily

restore and repair your System using clones.

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2.4 - Installing Mac OS on another computer

2 - Getting to know Clone’X

2.4 Installing Mac OS on another computer

If you own several computers, you can clone your current System, and

then use Clone’X to install the same System on other computers. You do

not have to download and install Mac OS updates on each computer.

Clone’X allows you to easily standardise your Systems.

You can also use the Copy function, in order to have a complete System on

a disc, for maintenance operations for example. On a machine where the

Sytem and the applications are damaged, you can make the «copy of your

copy» in order to restore a safe situation on your machine, for example

with a default System.

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3 - Creating clones

3.1 - Creating a new clone

3 - Creating clones

3.1 Creating a new clone

The ﬁrst thing to do with Clone’X consists in cloning your current System.

Thanks to clones, your System can be restored if it gets damaged and can

be installed on other computers.

Each clone contains a copy of every ﬁle used by Mac OS to run your

computer. However, the clone itself is not a System Folder, its content is

hidden in the Finder and cannot be used in the Finder.

It is advisable to create new clones each time you update Mac OS.

Picture 2. Creating a new clone

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3.2 - Which ﬁles are cloned?

3 - Creating clones

3.2 Which ﬁles are cloned?

System ﬁles

Each clone contains a copy of your System.

Under Mac OS X, items located in the «System», «Library» and

«Network» folders are included in clones (these folders are located at the

root of your disk).

Under Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9, items located in the «System Folder»

folder are included in clones (this folder is located at the root of your disk).

Be careful: if some of these folders have been renamed or moved, Clone’X

won’t be able to ﬁnd them and they won’t be included in clones.

Folders not mentioned in the previous paragraphs are not included in

clones. For instance, under Mac OS X, Clone’X won’t include the «Mac

OS 9» folder (located at the root of your disk) in clones.

Applications

When creating new clones, you can either only clone the System or clone

the System and the applications.

If you choose to clone the System and the applications, the

«Applications», «Applications (Mac OS 9)» and «Developer» folders are

included in the clone (these folders are located at the root of your disk).

Be careful: if some of these folders have been renamed or moved, Clone’X

won’t be able to ﬁnd them and they won’t be included in clones.

Applications located in other folders, won’t be included in clones.

Under Mac OS X, we encourage you to clone both the System and the

applications. If you only clone the System and restore it to an empty hard

disk, this hard disk won’t contain any «Applications» folder. Therefore,

you will be able to boot from this disk but you won’t be able to open any

application (you won’t be able to launch TextEdit, System Preferences,

Terminal, and so on). It could also be dangerous to restore Mac OS X

10.1.5 System on a disk containing Mac OS X 10.1.4 applications for

instance. We encourage you to clone both the System and the applications

in order to always keep the applications associated with your System.

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3 - Creating clones

3.3 - Where can clones be saved?

Documents

Clone’X is only able to clone the System, with or without the applications.

Clone’X cannot backup your personal documents.

Documents are never included in clones. For instance, under Mac OS X,

the «Users» folder (located at the root of your disk) is not included in

clones. Under Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9, the «Documents» folder

(located at the root of your disk) is not included in clones.

3.3 Where can clones be saved?

Clones created by Clone’X are compressed. In average, clones take two

times less space than original Systems. For instance, if Mac OS X takes 1.6

GB on your hard disk, its clone must be saved on a disk with at least 800

MB free.

In order to prevent problems, we encourage you to save clones on disks

having ever more free space. Each time you install a new Mac OS update,

the System gets bigger. It means that you won’t be able to update an

existing clone with the bigger updated System if the disk containing the

clone is already full.

Saving clones on hard disks and removable media

Clones can be saved on any disks mounting on the Desktop: internal hard

disks, hard disk partitions, external hard disks, removable cartridges,

DVD-RAMs, and so on.

Note: you can either clone the System and save the clone on the same disk

as the System, or clone the System and save the clone on another disk.

Clones can only be saved on Mac OS Standard (HFS) and Mac OS

Extended (HFS+) formatted disks. Other formats are not supported. We

discourage you to save clones on servers via networks because it is slow.

Clones cannot be saved on disks that do not mount on the Desktop (DAT,

DLT, and so on). Clones cannot be split on multiple disks (for example,

clones be saved on multiple Zip cartridges), except for CDs (see the next

paragraph).

Trick: if you want to save clones on removable media (Jaz, DVD-RAMs,

and so on) under Mac OS X, we encourage you to select this disk in the

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3.3 - Where can clones be saved?

3 - Creating clones

«Finder», select «Show info» in the «File» menu and uncheck the «Ignore

privileges for this volume» box. We also encourage you to format this disk

in Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format, it is better than Mac OS Standard

(HFS) format.

Saving clones on CDs

If your CD burner works with Disc Burner, Clone’X can use Disc Burner

to save clones on CDs. If your CD burner cannot be used with Disc Burner,

Clone’X cannot use your CD burner.

When a clone takes more than 640 MB, Clone’X asks you to insert new

blank CDs until the clone is entirely saved. To prevent confusion, we

encourage you to write on each CD: the name of the clone saved on this

CD, the clone creation date, and the number of this CD. If your CDs are

not correctly sorted, it will be very hard for you to restore and repair your

System using these CDs.

In order to save clones on CDs, during the clone creation, you must select

«Burn on CDs» in the right popup menu.

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3 - Creating clones

3.4 - How to create clones?

3.4 How to create clones?

To create new clones, follow these steps:

• Open Clone’X (under Mac OS X, type in your password in order to

open Clone’X).

• Click the «Clone» button located at the top right corner of the window.

Picture 3. Clone creation - step 1

• Select the disk containing the System to clone in the left popup menu.

• Select the disk where you want to save the clone in the right popup

menu (see «Where can clones be saved?» page 12).

• Click the «Make a new clone» button (if this button is hidden, jump to

the next step).

• Click the «Clone» button located at the bottom right corner of the win-

dow.

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3.4 - How to create clones?

3 - Creating clones

Picture 4. Clone creation - step 2

• Give a name to this clone.

• Determine if you want to clone the System with or without the appli-

cations and check the appropriate box (see «Which ﬁles are cloned?»

page 11).

• Determine if you want the clone to be visible in the Finder and check

the appropriate box.

• Click the «Clone» button located at the bottom right corner of the win-

dow to begin the clone creation.

The time required to clone the System mainly depends on two factors: the

cloned item sizes (it is faster to only clone the System) and the disk

performance (DVD-RAMs are very slow for instance). On recent

PowerMacs, it usually takes 45 minutes to clone Mac OS X.

When the clone creation is complete, Clone’X tells you if it has been

successfully created or not. If Clone’X has detected some errors during the

clone creation, select «Save Errors…» in the «File» menu and read «Errors

have occurred during cloning or restoration, why?» page 31. If you have

cancelled the clone creation by clicking the «Stop» button, the clone has

been moved to the Trash, now you can empty the Trash to delete it.

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4 - Updating clones

4.1 - Updating existing clones

4 - Updating clones

4.1 Updating existing clones

After updating Mac OS, you can either create a new clone for this new

Mac OS version (and keep the previous clones containing the older Mac

OS versions), or update an existing clone with the new Mac OS version (in

order to only keep one clone).

This chapter explains how to update existing clones. If you prefer to create

new clones, read «Creating clones» page 10.

Note: only the clones saved on read/write media can be updated. For

example, clones saved on hard disks can be updated but clones saved on

CDs cannot be updated.

Before updating an existing clone, make sure that there is enough free

space on the disk containing this clone.

4.2 How to update existing clones?

To update existing clones, follow these steps:

• Open Clone’X (under Mac OS X, type in your password in order to

open Clone’X).

• Click the «Clone» button located at the top right corner of the window.

• Select the disk containing the System to clone in the left popup menu.

• Click the «Update an existing clone» button.

• Click the «Clone» button located at the bottom right corner of the win-

dow.

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4.2 - How to update existing clones?

4 - Updating clones

Picture 5. Clone updating

• Select the clone you want to update (to get more information about

any clone, click the blue «i» icon in the clone list).

• Determine if you want to update the System with or without the appli-

cations and check the appropriate box (see «Which ﬁles are cloned?»

page 11).

• Click the «Clone» button located at the bottom right corner of the win-

dow to begin the clone creation.

If few items have been modiﬁed since the clone creation, the clone

updating is very fast.

When the clone updating is complete, Clone’X tells you if it has been

successfully updated or not. If Clone’X has detected some errors during

the clone updating, select «Save Errors…» in the «File» menu and read

«Errors have occurred during cloning or restoration, why?» page 31. If you

have cancelled the clone updating by clicking the «Stop» button, the clone

has been moved to the Trash, now you can empty the Trash to delete it.

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5 - Managing clones

5.1 - Clones visibility in the Finder

5 - Managing clones

5.1 Clones visibility in the Finder

Each time you create a new clone, this clone can either be visible or

invisible in the Finder. In both cases, the clone is saved in a new folder

created at the root of the selected disk. This folder, which contains the

clone data, is either visible or invisible.

To avoid confusing your personal folders with clone folders and to avoid

inadvertently deleting clone folders, it is advisable to create invisible

folders.

If you are an experienced user and if you prefer to see the clones in the

Finder, you can create visible clones. For instance, if your clone «My Disk

1», call this clone «My clone», and save it to «My Disk 2», Clone’X will

create a «My clone» folder in the «My Disk 2» disk. This folder only

contains one visible ﬁle called «Launch Restoration» (by double-clicking

this ﬁle, you can restore this clone, see «Restoring clones» page 22). This

clone also contains numerous invisible ﬁles containing the clone data, you

cannot see these ﬁles, they are invisible and compressed. If you move this

folder to the Trash, you delete the clone.

Picture 6. Sample folder containing a clone in the Finder

Be careful: if you decide to make clones visible in the Finder, you should

never rename clone folders, add ﬁles in these folders, remove the «Launch

Restoration» ﬁles, rename the «Launch Restoration» ﬁles, or do anything

else that could severely damage clones. If you are not an experienced user,

we encourage you to create invisible clones.

Since the clone is saved in this folder, if you want to move the clone from

one disk to another, you just have to move this folder. However, clones

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5.2 - Browsing clones

5 - Managing clones

should always be located at the root level of disks. Otherwise Clone’X

won’t ﬁnd them and they won’t be displayed in the «Restoration» and

«Clone List» windows.

To make existing clones visible or invisible, read «Making clones visible

or invisible» page 21.

5.2 Browsing clones

At any time, you can select «Clone List» in the «File» menu in order to see

the list of clones created by Clone’X. This window lists both visible and

invisible clones.

Picture 7. «Clone List» window

This window only lists the clones which are currently available in your

computer. For instance, clones saved on CDs or on external FireWire hard

disks are not displayed in this window if the clone CD is not in the CD

drive or if the FireWire hard disk is unplugged. If you want to use these

clones with Clone’X (to update them or restore them for instance), you

must put the CD in the CD drive or plug in the FireWire hard disk.

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5 - Managing clones

5.3 - Damaged clones

You can double-click any clone to know the folders it contains:

Picture 8. Clone information window

5.3 Damaged clones

The «Clone List» window also tells you whether clones are in good shape

or damaged. Before restoring any clone, you can select «Clone List» in the

«File» menu and make sure that the clone you are planing to restore is not

damaged (Clone’X should display «OK» in the «Info» column).

If the clone is damaged, Clone’X displays «Err» in the «Info» column

(«Err» means «Error»). For example, if you have cancelled the clone

creation (or if Clone’X has detected some errors during the clone

creation), «Err» is displayed in the «Info» column. If you try to restore a

damaged clone, you will get a damaged System. To remove a damaged

clone, select it, click the «Delete» button, and empty the Trash.

Each time, you want to update an existing clone or restore a clone, you will

have to select this clone in a clone list. By clicking the blue «i» icon

located in these list, you can easily get information about each clone and

immediately know if they are damaged or not.

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Tri-Edre Clone X 1 Operating instructions

Tri-Edre Clone X 1 Operating instructions

Tri-Edre Clone X 1 Operating instructions

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