Graphics Programs Reference
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In Windows, you may also find that you can back up to online storage if it has a
mapped network drive letter and your Internet connection is fast enough. So, for
example, you may be able to back up to your Dropbox account or to something
like Microsoft OneDrive. Test this with a small catalog first to be sure it works for
you. (Unfortunately, this doesn't work on Macs.)
If you're backing up to a hard drive (your only option on a Mac), click the Backup
Path field's Browse button to tell Elements where to put the backup. Navigate through
the folders in the window that appears, and create a new folder if you'd like to keep
your backups tidy (a good idea). Once you're done, the folder's
path
(a roadmap to
where it lives) appears in the Backup window.
If you're making an incremental backup, then you have to show Elements where to
find your previous backup. Click the name of the drive where you made your previous
backup, and then click the “Previous Backup file” field's Browse button to point Ele-
ments to the existing backup file.
5.
If you're on a PC and are backing up to a CD or DVD, insert a disc into the drive
when Elements asks you to. (If you're backing up to any other kind of media, in-
cluding internal or external hard drives, then skip ahead to step 6.)
Elements has to calculate how many discs it needs to create your backup. As Ele-
ments burns each disc, it asks if you want it to verify the disc to be sure it's OK. You
do. Elements prompts you to feed it more discs if the backup doesn't all fit on one
disc.
If you like, you can change the write speed for your disc. (A slower speed takes
longer but may be more reliable.) Just choose one of the other speed options from the
drop-down menu.
