Google has launched the Backup and sync app for Google Photos and Google Drive on Mac and Windows PC which will ease the process of backing up files on your computer.
View details about a backup: Right-click the backup Preview. Delete a backup: Right-click the backup Delete Backup; Back up WhatsApp data. You can set up WhatsApp to back up your data to Google Drive. Learn how to back up and restore your messages on the WhatsApp help center. App Backup Restore – Transfer CANNOT back up or restore your apps’ data, it’s a apk assistant that can back-up apk files only. Upload & Download backups to Google Drive. Never lose your data. Part 2: How to Backup Google Pixel Photo/Music/Video to Google Drive. Google Drive is a cloud location that can be accessed anywhere from Google account. To backup data from your phone to Google Drive, you will need to turn on the feature in your Pixel device. This will create a copy of your data in your Drive app, and any previous backup will. With the Google Backup & Sync app installed on your computer, all the files in your online Google Drive automatically download and sync with the Google Drive folder saved on your computer. Any changes you make to the files are uploaded, and edits made on other devices update the files on your folder.
What Backup and Sync essentially does is store content from your computer in Google Drive — making it easier to store photos and videos from your phone, SD card, pen drive and camera.
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The new backup and sync app provides a singular medium to upload and backup your photos to Google Cloud and replaces the two older apps — Google Photos desktop and Google Drive.
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When the Backup and Sync app was first announced last month, the company maintained that the app is built with focus towards mass consumers and organisations using Drive for Mac and PC should continue to do so until their ‘enterprise-focused solution’, Drive File Stream, goes live.
“Backup and Sync is an app for Mac and PC that backs up files and photos safely in Google Drive and Google Potos, so they’re no longer trapped on your computer and other devices. Just choose the folder you want to backup, and we’ll take care of the rest,” the company added.
Users will be able to change their download and upload rates, quality of the image being uploaded to the cloud and will also be given the option of upgrading their cloud storage for a fee.
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With cloud-based backup gaining popularity, both among consumers and organisations, major tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Amazon have been racing towards gaining more ground in the cloud storage, especially for enterprises.
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You can use Time Machine, the built-in backup feature of your Mac, to automatically back up all of your files, including apps, music, photos, email, documents, and system files. When you have a backup, you can restore files from your backup if the original files are ever deleted from your Mac, or the hard disk (or SSD) in your Mac is erased or replaced.
Create a Time Machine backup
To create backups with Time Machine, all you need is an external storage device. After you connect the device and select it as your backup disk, Time Machine automatically makes hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups for all previous months. The oldest backups are deleted when your backup disk is full.
Connect an external storage device
Connect one of the following external storage devices, sold separately. Learn more about backup disks that you can use with Time Machine.
- External drive connected to your Mac, such as a USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire drive
- External drive connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11ac model) or AirPort Time Capsule
- AirPort Time Capsule
- Mac shared as a Time Machine backup destination
- Network-attached storage (NAS) device that supports Time Machine over SMB
Select your storage device as the backup disk
When you connect an external drive directly to your Mac, you might be asked if you want to use the drive to back up with Time Machine. Select Encrypt Backup Disk (recommended), then click Use as Backup Disk.
An encrypted backup is accessible only to users with the password. Learn more about keeping your backup disk secure.
If Time Machine doesn't ask to use your drive, follow these steps to add it manually:
- Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Or choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click Time Machine.
- Click Select Backup Disk (or Select Disk, or Add or Remove Backup Disk):
- Select your external drive from the list of available disks. Then select ”Encrypt backups” (recommended) and click Use Disk:
If the disk you selected isn't formatted as required by Time Machine, you're prompted to erase the disk first. Click Erase to proceed. This erases all information on the backup disk.
Enjoy the convenience of automatic backups
After you select a backup disk, Time Machine immediately begins making periodic backups—automatically and without further action by you. The first backup may take a long time, depending on how many files you have, but you can continue using your Mac while a backup is underway. Time Machine backs up only the files that changed since the previous backup, so future backups will be faster.
To start a backup manually, choose Back Up Now from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. Use the same menu to check the status of a backup or skip a backup in progress.
Learn more
- If you back up to multiple disks, you can switch disks before entering Time Machine. Press and hold the Option key, then choose Browse Other Backup Disks from the Time Machine menu.
- To exclude items from your backup, open Time Machine preferences, click Options, then click the Add (+) button to add an item to be excluded. To stop excluding an item, such as an external hard drive, select the item and click the Remove (–) button.
- If using Time Machine to back up to a network disk, you can verify those backups to make sure they're in good condition. Press and hold Option, then choose Verify Backups from the Time Machine menu.
- In OS X Lion v10.7.3 or later, you can start up from your Time Machine disk, if necessary. Press and hold Option as your Mac starts up. When you see the Startup Manager screen, choose “EFI Boot” as the startup disk.