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Project Repositories

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FireFly User Guide 

Use the FireFly as the primary repository for all the files and data associated with the 
project. This drive then becomes the Project Drive for the project. When you need to 
work on the project, connect the Project Drive and ensure all changes to files and data 
are saved to this drive.

You can still work on local drives or other high performance drives; just remember to 
transfer all finished files to the Project Drive.

If you frequently travel to see clients, you can bring along all the relevant project files 
and data by bringing the Project Drive. This means you do not have to:

Carry a laptop everywhere you go.

Copy files and data to your client’s computer (using up valuable hard disk 

space and running the risk of running out of disk space).

Install licensed applications onto your client’s computer. 

All you have to do is connect the Project Drive to your client’s computer. For example, 
you can show a Power Point presentation on a client’s computer by connecting the 
FireFly directly to their computer. 

Use a FireWire hub to connect several FireFly drives (Project Drives) to your 
computer simultaneously. 

Periodically back up the contents of your FireFly to your desktop computer hard disk. 
Or, backup to a CD-R or CD-RW using the SmartDisk FireWire Portable CD-R/W.

In most cases when FireFly System Requirements are met, FireFly works 
without software installation as described in Chapter 2. However, software 
installation is strongly recommended. Software installation is required for 
Macintosh computers with OS 8.6-9.1 that do not have FireWire version 
2.8.3 or greater. Software installation is also required for Windows 98SE 
users as described on page 11.

Macintosh users can automate this process using the CopyAgent 
application found on the FireFly Software Installation CD.