It gives you the control to ensure that you have only the files you need on a particular computer. It is helpful if you want to save space on your computers with limited hard disk space. By default all the folders will be selected for sync.
If you wish to avoid syncing particular folders, Sign in to your IDrive application and on the navigation pane, select the 'Sync' tab.
Click 'Selective Sync'. A window appears with the list of all the folders in your Sync storage. Clear the checkbox of the folders that you do not want to sync and click 'Save'. Accordingly, the folders will be removed from the Sync folder on your computer. This leads to creation of duplicate data as the items which could not be renamed are retained in the old folder and the same are copied to the new renamed folder.
You will be directed to IDrive web account to share your files. Note :. The Sync folder maintains up to 30 previous versions of all the files.
Steps to restore previous versions of a file: Sign in to your IDrive account with your username and password. All available file versions will be displayed. Download the desired file by clicking. IDrive will not be able to sync or access your data from computers or other devices unless they are turned on and connected to the Internet. If a computer is turned off when a file is updated from another device, IDrive will update that file, once the computer is on and connected to the Internet.
In order to make room for new files, you may even remove the old data that you no longer need. Once you stop Sync, the files on your computer will not be in sync with other linked devices. Alternatively, you can also sign in to your IDrive application and on the navigation pane, select the 'Sync' tab.
Right click on 'Status' and select 'Stop Sync'. Currently, IDrive cannot sync Outlook. However, you can include these files in the backup set of the desktop application and then back them up to your account. To restore data backed up to your IDrive account to the local machine, follow the steps below:. The usual file restore lets you download files to a location, selected by you; whereas restoring files to original location downloads the selected files, keeping their folder structure intact.
This means each file is restored to a similar location on your computer, as it appears in your cloud backup or local backup. Note: Data backed up from mapped drives and external drives cannot be restored using the 'Restore to original location' option. To restore files to their original location, go to the Restore tab, select the 'Restore to original location' checkbox and on the pop-up that appears, click 'Restore'. Subsequently, to revert to file restore to a location selected by you, clear the checkbox, set your preferred 'Restore location', and click 'Restore Now'.
Note: Restoring to original location overwrites the existing files with the latest file version available in your cloud backup or local backup. No, you cannot restore the files that have been backed up from mapped drives or external drives using the 'Restore to original location' option.
To restore such files, on the 'Restore' tab you must clear the 'Restore to original location' check box and restore the files to your preferred location. Drag the file or folder you wish to restore and drop it to the desired location on your computer. IDrive retains previous versions of all files backed up to your account.
Currently you can restore 30 previous file versions, and for accounts created prior to you can restore up to 10 versions, to any location on your local computer. The additional storage for the previous versions has no impact on your account's quota, as your storage is calculated only for the most current version. To view the versions of a file stored in your account, go to 'Restore' tab, right-click the required file and select the 'View previous versions' option from the list.
You can also search for your desired file version. The latest files that are backed up are listed there. Yes, to restore a folder with earlier versions of files, you can right click on the required folder and choose 'Restore Versions' menu, under which you have the following menu options:. Yes, you can search and restore specific files from your IDrive account. Certain accounts may see the feature 'snapshots' in the application.
Snapshots are a historical view of your data, stored in your IDrive account, which allow you to perform point-in-time recovery. They are useful in case your files are corrupted by malware and you want to restore a previous version of the files. The Archive Cleanup feature permanently deletes data from your account, by matching them one to one to the data in your current backup set.
It is useful to free up space in your account as it deletes data from your account that no longer exists on your computer. Click on the 'Cleanup Now' button. IDrive will generate a list of the items to be deleted from your account. Click 'Delete', to remove data from your account. You can setup automated cleanup periodically by enabling Periodic Cleanup. Periodic Cleanup gives you more control by allowing you to set the frequency as well as the percentage of files to be considered.
If the IDrive backup engine on your computer stops, you must restart it to be able to proceed with your backups and restores. No, your files will remain in your IDrive account forever, once they are backed up.
This means even if you accidentally delete files from your computer, they are not removed from IDrive servers; unless you delete them manually, or through the automated Archive Cleanup process. Click to permanently remove the deleted files. To restore previous version of a file, right-click on the desired file and select the 'View previous versions' option.
Select the required file version and click 'Restore'. The previous versions of files are stored free. You may opt to upgrade your account to accommodate the extra storage or remove some data from your account to bring it in line with your current quota.
To upgrade your account, sign in to your IDrive account with your Username and Password via the browser. Click 'Upgrade' to purchase more storage. The backup is resumed at the next scheduled time from the point it was stopped. IDrive has been tested to upload and restore files up to 10 GB in size via the desktop application. Web-based uploads are supported up to 2 GB. Note : Share feature is limited to IDrive accounts with default encryption key. The IDrive desktop application interface can be split into three sections - application header, navigation pane, and main window.
Application header. The main window displays contents related to the functional tab, selected on the navigation pane. This method of exclusion keeps the contents of your backup set unchanged. After you have backed up files that you will not update, you can remove them from your Backup set.
All files, once backed up, remains unaffected in your IDrive account even if you remove their reference from your backup set. Somehow, I managed to back into the solution.
Click the link to Return to classic OneDrive. At this point, you can use simple Windows file-management steps to copy or drag-and-drop the OneDrive files to a local folder on your computer.
Microsoft developers continue to make the same mistake every time they update an interface — they ignore what users actually do. A human-centered design is a design that begins from the standpoint of the user experience. Microsoft has always done the opposite. Each UI update imposes changes that developers decide are better. Users are forced to fumble around until they figure out where some useful toolbar or button has been moved to.
If enough users complain, a subsequent update brings the feature back — like the Start Button in Windows 8. My recent one-on-one with OneDrive just added another hour to that tally. It could take longer to copy from one cloud to the other. Use the other cloud to download your files. Complaint to Apple! Thanks for this! Also, the complaint link to apple is highly appreciated. You can compress folders on iPhone Documents. Then you can download zip. DrAchernar DrAchernar 59 3 3 bronze badges.
In my experience, it does a light sync when you have 20 GB or more of files in the cloud or have low space on your Mac already It watches as you use files - seamlessly downloading them only when you are using them and they stick around as long as you have local space - freeing up oldest first when you start to get close to space being needed on your local storage.
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You can see your files on iCloud. If you need to access a file that you deleted within the last 30 days, you can get it back from the Recently Deleted folder in the Files app, or on iCloud. Then contact Apple Support for more help. If you get a Resolve Conflict message when you open a file, choose the version of the document that you want to save.
Then choose Keep to update the file in iCloud. This message means the file was updated on another device or from iCloud. Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability.
Had emails today saying with 2nd line. However, no facts, no information, and 36 hours down on paid-for backup software is shocking.
The scripted responses are also shocking on here! Of course, IDrive have been suggesting its at my end blocking it. As I can connect to the servers and ports given, I doubt that, but I'm also sure I had this many moons ago with another client and it just started working later.
IDrive support contacted me with a new installer version which whilst retaining the version number, is different in size and content. This appears to work So looking fixed. Same thing happens to me.
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