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Licensing and Copyright Agreement
Copyright ©2002 TED (TRI-EDRE DEVELOPPEMENTS)
All rights reserved
Except as permitted under copyright law, no part of the program or this manual may be
reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the prior written permis-
sion of TRI-EDRE
The program, and this manual, are licenced only for individual use on a single compu-
ter. you are permitted by law to make working copies of the software program, solely
for your own use. No copy (original or working) may be used while any other copy is in
use.
If you ever sell, lend or give away the original copy of this Software program, all wor-
king copies must also be sold, lent or given to the same person, or distroyed.
Trademarks
Clone’X is a trademark of TRI-EDRE.
All other products are trademarks of their respective companies.
©2002 TED. All rights reserved.
Distribution by TRI-EDRE
22 Place de l’Eglise
BP 111
83510 LORGUES - France
Phone: 33 498101050
Fax: 33 498101055
Web site: www.tri-edre.com
Email : [email protected]
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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 - 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
or
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
or
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
or
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:
• 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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3.3 - 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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3.4 - 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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5.3 - 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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