INFOMATO iMind Utilities

INFOMATO iMind Utilities
Click the icons below to view screen shots. Click the text links below to view video demos or instructions.
Network Utility ncluded in the Core package)	Account Management Utility (included in the Core package)	Notebook (included in the Core package)
Optional: Data Backup Utility	Optional: Data Move/Restore Utilitypan>	Optional: Pro User Utility
I. Notebook: Enter here Launch and create a note...Watch this video demo Bind scattered notes together Related notes are often scattered inside the notebook. It will be much easier to comprehend if they are bound together...Watch this flash video Group a note together with files, emails, web. using Magic Folders...Watch this video demo Find files, emails, and web that are related to a note...Watch this video demo Screen capture and paste into a note...Watch this video demo Add a note to to-do list...Watch this video demo Title search... Watch this video demo II. Create/edit/delete your INFOMATO accounts: Watch this video demo III. Restore/Move INFOMATO data (SQL database data): Watch this video demo IV. Automatic database backup and scheduler Enter here You can schedule a backup or backup right away. The backup is stored in the folder of "my documents" \ Infomato Saved Files \ SQL backup. The backup file can be used to restore back or transferred to another INFOMATO powered PC or Server. Watch this video demo V. Connect to another INFOMATO PC/Server. Enter here Any INFOMATO powered PC can be an INFOMATO server using HTTP protocol. You may want to connect to another INFOMATO powered PC/Server within your Intranet (Warning: for security reason, we do not recommend you open your PC to Internet without being an Expert or seeking experts' consultation.) 1. On the remote PC (as a server): Intranet Networking : Make sure the client computer can see this computer. For home and small organization, you most likely connect them using 'Windows workgroup'. Firewall: Allow your PC security or Windows firewall: Watch this video demo Write down INFOMATO application port number: (as an example, see the number as indicated by the red arrow below) 2. On your local PC (as a client): Create a new server location: From the system tray, right click the red tomato icon, and click 'Select a Server' from the mouse menu. In the pop-up window, click the 'create a New Server Location' button as indicated by the read arrow below. In the server address, enter http://[the server PC name]:[port number from step 1]/. For instance, http://infomato-pc:1951/. Give this connection a nickname. Select the the server nickname from the list, and click the 'Connect to Server' button. You should be prompted to login. Login using an existing INFOMATO account in the remote PC. VI. Import from Windows: Enter here We will demo how to import a Windows folder into INFOMATO. This operation does not duplicate or alter your original files. We just automatically input their Windows locations into INFOMATO database. 1. Find a Windows folder that you are familiar with. Watch this flash video... 2. To start import, watch this flash video. Watch this flash video... VII. Update INFOMATO database when a Windows folder is moved or renamed (broken links). Enter here Whenever your rename, move or delete a file, "INFOMATO File Sync.exe"(running in the background) will automatically update the new file location in all INFOMATO accounts. Therefore, you do not need to do any thing. But if you move or rename a folder that contains too many files, the background process may not be fast enough to catch all of the files inside this folder. In this case, these file locations may no longer be valid (broken links) in INFOMATO databases. You then need to follow the following procedure to fix this issue: Open the INFOMATO toolbox and then click on Window Synchronization to launch 'INFOMATO File Sync'. Follow the steps as shown in the display below. 1. Select the "Folder Update" tab. 2. Select an account. 3. Enter the old folder path (as shown in the "address" field of Windows Explore) before you have made the change; any of its sub-folders will be automatically taken care of. 4. Enter the current folder path (after you made the change). 5. Hit the "Update" button. VIII. Search file/email/web titles in INFOMATO database: Watch this video demo IX. Windows^® file synchronization: Enter here How to select an INFOMATO account for synchronization: Open the INFOMATO toolbox and then click on Window Synchronization to 'launch INFOMATO File History and Synchronization'. Follow the steps as shown in the display below: 1. Click the 'Sync Option' tab. 2. Select an account from the pull-down. 3. Click 'Apply new Setting'. How to add a Window folder or file types for synchronization: Open the INFOMATO toolbox and then click Window Synchronization to 'launch INFOMATO File Sync'. Follow the steps as shown in the graph below. 1. Select the 'Sync Options' tab. 2. Click the 'Add' button and browse the Windows folder to be synchronized. 3. Select the folder you have just browsed. 4. Check those file types that should be synchronized. 5. Click 'Apply New Setting'. How to remove a Window folder or a file type for synchronization: Open the INFOMATO toolbox and then click on Window Synchronization to launch 'INFOMATO File Sync'. Follow the steps as shown in the display below. 1. Select the 'Sync Options' tab. 2. Select the folder you plan to change. 3-A. If to remove a folder from synchronization, click the 'Remove' button. 3-B. If to remove a file type from synchronization, uncheck the file type. 4. Click 'Apply New Setting'.