Paraben Photo Backup STICK, User Manual

Page 1: ...Paraben s Photo Backup Stick V4 1 ________________________________ User Manual ...

Page 2: ...es iPads iPods Direct Connect 15 Viewing and Editing Photos with the iOS App 18 Backing Up from Android Phones Tablets Direct Connect 21 Viewing and Editing Photos with the Android App 23 Backing Up Phones Tablets Using the Computer Apps 25 Application User Interface 26 Scanning for Photos 28 Photo Video Types 31 Remove Duplicates 31 Copying Your Backup to Another Location 33 Convert HEIC to JPEG ...

Page 3: ... from computers phones and tablets simple There are no monthly cloud storage fees One tool backs up all your devices With the Photo Backup Stick you have a physical device with a copy of your precious photos and videos Please Note To extend the life of flash drives please follow these tips 1 When removing the drive go to the system try icon to Safely Remove Hardware 2 Avoid electrostatic discharge...

Page 4: ...r to make viewing backed up photos easier Added the Phone2Frame Photo Editor to allow you to edit photos for digital frames and TVs Added HEIC to JPEG converter to convert Apple iOS images to standard format Updated the Apple iOS App Added the Phone2Frame Photo Editor to allow you to edit photos for digital frames and TVs Added HEIC to JPEG converter to convert Apple iOS images to standard format ...

Page 5: ...p you are using Windows Mac iOS iPhone iPad or Android Android phones and tablets Backing Up from Windows Computers To quickly backup all photos stored on your computer plug the Photo Backup Stick into a USB port on your computer Run the PhotoBackupStartup exe app found on your Photo Backup Stick USB drive You will see the Start Page To start your backup of just the photos in your Pictures folder ...

Page 6: ...unwanted images such as program and system graphics very small files will be skipped Click the Start Backup button to begin your photo backup Note You can connect phones and tablets to your PC to back them up using the Windows app For instructions see the Backing Up Androids Using the Computers App or Backing Up iPhones iPads iPods Using the Computers App sections of the help file You will see the...

Page 7: ... and editor Photo Viewer view the backup in Windows Explorer View Photos go to the Home Page or Exit the program That s it Your files are backed up to the Backup folder on your Photo Backup Stick USB drive under a folder named after your computer Your photos may be located in sub folders in the same structure they were found on your computer if the Option to organize backups is selected i e Comput...

Page 8: ...y all photos in all folders under the Backup folder even if they are from backups of multiple devices To display photos from a specific device or folder click on the button to expand the folders If there are folders within folders there will be a button which you can click to expand and select sub folders You can sort photos from Old to New New to Old Small to Large or Large to Small by using the ...

Page 9: ...these devices This allows you to edit your photos so they fit how you want on the screen Rotate Photos The buttons rotate the photos left and right Use these to make sure the photos display in the orientation you want Crop Photos To crop photos so they fit the frame properly use the buttons to enlarge or reduce the photo until it takes up as much of the frame without cropping out people as you wan...

Page 10: ...n the frame click the button to save the edited photo Note this will overwrite the backup copy of the photo on the stick but not the original photo on the device it was backed up from Click the arrow to move to the next photo for editing Backing Up from Apple Mac Computers To quickly backup all photos stored on your computer plug the Photo Backup Stick into a USB port on your computer Open the PHO...

Page 11: ...om other locations You can specify other drives or folders to scan such as attached drives or specific folders To backup videos as well as photos you must check the option to backup videos Note You can connect phones and tablets to your Mac to back them up using the Mac app For instructions see the Backing Up Androids Using the Computers App or Backing Up iPhones iPads iPods Using the Computers Ap...

Page 12: ...p Clicking the Next button brings you to the next screen where you can choose to open the Phone2Frame photo viewer and editor Photo Viewer view the backup in the Finder app View Photos go to the Home Page or Exit the program That s it Your files are backed up to the Backup folder on your Photo Backup Stick USB drive under a folder named after your computer Your photos may be located in sub folders...

Page 13: ...g Photos You must select a folder to view photos If you select the Backup folder it will display all photos in all folders under the Backup folder even if they are from backups of multiple devices To display photos from a specific device or folder click on the down arrow button to expand the folders If there are folders within folders there will be a down arrow button which you can click to expand...

Page 14: ... for these devices This allows you to edit your photos so they fit how you want on the screen Rotate Photos The button rotates the photos Click this button until the photo displays in the orientation you want Crop Photos To crop photos so they fit the frame properly use the buttons to enlarge or reduce the photo until it takes up as much of the frame without cropping out people as you want ...

Page 15: ...ut not the original photo on the device it was backed up from Backing Up from iOS Devices iPhones iPads iPods Direct Connect Photo Backup Stick Universal Only To back up photos and videos from your Apple iOS device you must first download and install the Photo Backup Stick app from the App Store When you plug the Photo Backup Stick Universal into your iOS device for the first time it will prompt y...

Page 16: ...to communicate with the Photo Backup Stick Universal when prompted by tapping Allow After you click Allow the app will open The first time you run the app a message about iCloud backups appears Read it and determine if you want to turn off backups from iCloud in the settings Note that if you have photos stored in iCloud they are not likely to be on the phone and can t be backed up unless you keep ...

Page 17: ...2Frame photo viewer and editor Please Note After a backup is complete when you start a new backup only new photos and videos will be backed up saving space and avoiding duplicates However it can only detect exact duplicates so similar photos or copies of different sizes or effects are not considered duplicates After your backup finishes you will see this screen About HEIC Photos Apple devices take...

Page 18: ... you to back up your photos stored in iCloud Most of the time when photos are stored in iCloud they are removed from the phone to save space When this is enabled photos from your iCloud will be backed up by downloading them directly to the stick Note that this process can take much more time than backups directly from the phone Remember last photo location in Editor This option allows you to pick ...

Page 19: ...nt to view edit photos from Tap the box by any Folder you want to view edit photos from Tap the icon to expand the folder to view sub folders Selecting a folder with sub folders will display all photos in the folder and sub folder When at least one folder is selected the Next button will activate Tap it when you are ready to start viewing editing photos ...

Page 20: ...mage Tap the delete button to delete the photo from the stick note this will not delete it from your phone or computer Tap the edit button to edit the photo Editing Photos To rotate photos tap the button until the photo displays in the direction you want it to To crop the photo use two fingers to expand the photo to fill up as much of the frame as you want Once expanded you can use one finger to m...

Page 21: ...p it will require access to your SD card Accept and install the app After the app is installed choose to Open the app Plug in the Photo Backup Stick Choose the correct adapter and attach it to the Photo Backup Sick and then plug it into your phone or tablet The adapter will look like the end of your charging cable Note Your photo backup stick and adapter may look different Assign the Photo Backup ...

Page 22: ...low access to the USB device Select the box to Use by default for this USB device and tap OK Start Your Backup Tap on the Start Backup button to back up photos and videos from the device to the Photo Backup Stick drive You can also choose to back up only Photos or only Videos Your pictures and videos will be backed up to the Photo Backup Stick under the backup folder in a sub folder with the name ...

Page 23: ...ill launch the Phone2Frame photo viewer and editor Viewing Photos To view and edit photos you must first select which folder you want to view edit photos from Tap Folder you want to view edit photos from Selecting a folder with sub folders will display all photos in the folder and sub folder Deleting Photos To select photos to delete tap the Select button You will have the option to select all or ...

Page 24: ...o the left to go to the next images and to the right to go to the previous image Tap the delete button to delete the photo from the stick note this will not delete it from your phone or computer Tap the edit button to edit the photo Editing Photos Continued To rotate photos tap the button until the photo displays in the direction you want it to To crop the photo use two fingers to expand the photo...

Page 25: ...can back up Apple and Android phones or tablets using the computer apps This example shows the Windows app interface but the Mac app is almost identical Note If you haven t connected your Android to your computer to transfer data before you may need to select Media device MTP in the notifications Also you will need to trust the computer on Apple devices Next run the Photo Backup Stick app On the n...

Page 26: ...tps photobackupstick com 26 Application User Interface Windows Mac Start Page Buttons The Start Page has six buttons Start Backup Starts your photo backup according to the selected options Photo Viewer Opens the Phone2Frame photo viewer and editor ...

Page 27: ...ll always be available If you have an iOS device iPhone iPad or iPod Touch or an Android phone or tablet connected to your computer they will appear here Select Location This button allows you to choose where to scan for photos videos Refresh This button in the Windows app checks for newly connected phones or tablets If your device isn t displaying check your connection and click the Refresh butto...

Page 28: ...c folders or entire drives to scan for photos videos To back up photos videos stored in other locations on your computer you can either choose to back up from your C drive Windows app or add other locations manually Both Apps To add locations to scan click the Start Backup button from the home screen The backup options page will appear Windows Mac Check the circle next to Backup from other locatio...

Page 29: ...o the drive or folder you want to backup using the left side navigation Once you have selected a drive or folder click the Select Folder button on the bottom left Mac An explorer window will open Navigate to the drive or folder you want to backup Once you have selected a drive or folder click the Open button on the bottom left ...

Page 30: ...ers and drives from your folders list and click the Remove button to remove any unwanted locations from your Photo Backup Stick Repeat the process of adding and removing locations until you have added all the locations Remember the Photo Backup Stick will scan all folders and sub folders in a location recursively so you only have to add the top level folder and it will find all photos in that fold...

Page 31: ... you back up that device again it will only backup new photos However it cannot detect when a computer phone or tablet has duplicate photos If you have multiple copies of the same photo in different locations or with different names they will be backed up Also if you have the same photo on a computer and phone or tablet and you back up both devices your Photo Backup Stick will have both copies on ...

Page 32: ...l be asked if you are sure you want to proceed If you want to proceed click the Yes button After it scans for duplicates the Photo Backup Stick will ask you one more time if you want to procced to remove duplicates This operation cannot be undone so be sure you want duplicates removed before you click Yes Once complete you will see the success screen ...

Page 33: ...r Only exact duplicates will be removed with this process If a photo has an exact duplicate but it has been edited cropped a filter has been used or the photo has been changed in any way it will no longer be detectible as a duplicate Copying Your Backup to Another Location To copy your backed up files to your computer another location on your computer or to other drives go to the Options screen an...

Page 34: ...s and Mac apps allow you to convert your backed up files from HEIC to JPG under the Options page Open the Options page from the main screen and click the Convert HEIC to JPG button Organize Backups There are two options for photo organization in the Options If you select Keep Backups Organized your photos will be saved in the same folder structure as they were on your computer This means if photos...

Page 35: ...casionally you may need to delete backups from your Photo Backups Stick We recommend copying your backups to a computer before deleting a backup Note The Photo Viewer with Phone2Frame features allows you to delete photos or entire folders Deleting All Backups Windows Plug your Photo Backup Stick into your computer Open the Photo Backup Stick folder and select the folder called backup Once selected...

Page 36: ... up Deleting Individual Photos or Folders If you only want to delete some photos or even some folders from your backups plug your Photo Backup Stick into your computer Open the Photo Backup Stick folder and then open the folder called backup Open the backup you want to delete photos or folders from Navigate to the folder where the photos folders you wish to delete are located and select them You c...

Page 37: ...ick and is still taking up space To permanently delete them from the stick you must now empty the trash by clicking on the Trash can to open the window and then clicking on the Empty button Troubleshooting Many issues you may run into while using the Photo Backup Stick can be resolved with this troubleshooting section We also offer support at our website including video tutorials live chat email a...

Page 38: ... name then the folder called C then the folder called Users then the folder named after the user etc until you see your photos Restoring Your Photo Backup Stick If you accidentally delete the PhotoBackupStartup app or other files on your Photo Backup Stick or your computer asked you to reformat your stick you can restore the drive to factory settings using the Photo Backup Restore app Please Note ...

Page 39: ...How Many Photos Videos Can I Backup Unfortunately there is no way to know exactly how many photos videos you can store on your Photo Backup Stick because each photo is a different size and photo sizes can vary Most smartphones take photos between 2 5 3MB but some phones and cameras can take photos over 8MB each Videos can be hundreds of MB per minute or more The chart below will give you estimates...