Installation Guide - OBM - Mac OS X

System Requirements

  1. Operating System : Mac OS X v10.x
  2. Memory : 128 Mbytes
  3. Disk Space : 20 Mbytes
  4. Network Protocol : TCP/IP (Http/Https)
  5. Additional Requirement:
    • Apple Java2 Standard Edition 1.3.x or above must be installed already

Download

Online Backup Manager - obm-mac.zip

Getting Started

  1. Download the setup file (obm-mac.zip) above

  2. Expand the archive and run the installation wizard [OBM] within the archive

  3. Follow the instructions on the installation wizard to complete installation

  4. When finished, OBM will be launched automatically

  5. If you don't have a backup account, select [Trial Registration] and press the [Next] button
    • Enter the [Login Name] and [Password] of your choice
    • Enter your [Email address] in the text field provided
    • Press the [Submit] button
    • You should be logged to the backup server already (if the [Login Name] of your choice is already taken by another user, try a different login name)

  6. If you have a backup account already, select [User Logon] and logon to the server with your existing username and password

  7. If this is the first time you logon to the server, you will be guided to setup a backup set
    • Enter a backup set name of your choice in the [Name] field
    • Select the files that you want to backup
    • Setup the backup schedule by pressing the [Properties] button (please note that you can add multiple backup schedules to a backup set)
    • Setup the encryption setting for your backup set (if you don't know much about encryption, just accept the default values here)
    • Press the [Finish] button

    • Scheduled backup will run automatically if you leave your computer on


  8. To run a backup immediately, select your backup set from the left panel and press the [Start Backup] button above. Select [Off-site Backup Server] and press the [OK] button

  9. Setup completed

 

 

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