It was announced many months ago. Do you have any estimate of when it will be ready for prime time? I am very interested in the versioning provision. I use ACDU.

Hey folks! It took a while, but yesterday we released a new backup feature (currently in beta) that provides a simple method for backing up a local folder to any remote locations (even to multiple locations!). For more information about this feature, take a look at our documentation here: [image] Set Up Backup (Beta) Backup any folder on your computer to any linked storage folder in odrive

Hi @DrBob , I do apologize for the delay. The statement I made here still applies and is the best answer I have: [image] Backup (one-way sync) Feature Requests Hi @alaios , We are still working on it as part of the next major version of odrive. I know it is frustrating that it isn’t out yet. We have ended up doing a lot of work on the internals of the sync engine which will allow us to build and refine much quicker than we were able to before. Unfortunately this type of work is time consuming, but its an investment in the future. Also, as stated above, if you currently have no backup at all, I recommend looking at alternatives, at least until ours is available.

BACKUPS TO CLOUD SERVICES like Amazon Drive is not a simple task, particularly if you want to backup to a specific folder. SYNCOVERY: Syncovery on Mac and PC can backup to Amazon Drive. But it has a painful and clunky user interface. And the backups are slow. ChronoSync, my favorite Mac backup app, has still not linked up to Cloud Services after years of asking. ARQ BACKUP: Currently, I use Arq to backup to Amazon Drive. It does a great and very efficient job. But it is for backing up whole drives, not to specific directories on Amazon Drive. I like it since it will encrypt the backup before sending it to Amazon. The primary problem is that restoring the files is a very slow process. This is why I also simultaneously backup using CRASHPLAN. If I need to retrieve a single file, CRASHPLAN allows one to do so quickly. ODRIVE BACKUP: So I am willing to wait for oDrive’s solution to backup. It will make it much more useful a service. SYNC LIMITATION ON LARGE DISKS: One limitation of …

A tip for those waiting for the backup feature, have a look at this while waiting is duplicati

It does not look like Duplicati supports Amazon Cloud Drive, unless you opt for the Beta 2.0 version, which at least is showing development progress. Anyone having any luck with it to ACD? OTOH, Arq5 backups to ACD can be a bit fidgety in my experience. BTW, ACD has just quietly eliminated it’s Unlimited Plan for new users unless you are also on Amazon Prime or are a current user and have auto renewal of ACD.

My early interpretation of Amazon’s policy change for Unlimited storage was obviously flawed. Unlimited goes away for everyone when their current subscription expires. More details are available online and in this forum.

Everyone that relied on odrive for their backup woke up this morning with all of their business data in the recycle bin. One-way sync, which is what many of us have wanted, would have prevented this disaster. I can’t afford to let this happen to me again. Is there a solution with Odrive or do I need to look elsewhere?

Hi @scott.schneider , I know that Amazon Drive’s failure yesterday really messed things up for folks when odrive synced based on the information Amazon Drive was returning at the time (no files/folders in the drive). We feel terrible about it. Unfortunately there isn’t currently way to prevent this in odrive. I wrote a small post about it here, which goes into it a little more. [image] Sudden Disappearance of all Amazon Drive Files - 2017 - 01 - 23 - * RESOLVED * Announcements We want to sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. A cloud storage service provider, like Amazon Drive, should never, ever return an empty list of items with a 200 OK response unless the items are actually not there. There is a required trust in the sync relationship that the service provider is providing accurate information. The cloud service is considered the authoritative source for the linked storage and when changes are made on the remote they need to be sync…

Hi Tony, Since I’m sure many have already used the sync option as a backup method, is there a way to transform a synced folder into a backup instead of uploading everything from the beginning ? Avi

Hi @leiboavi , This is not currently possible, but we understand the usefulness of an enhancement like this and will be considering it for the future.

Hi Tony, It is not clear what will happen if I configure a folder to be backed up and after a while it gets disconnected. Can it be reconnected to be backed up again without needing to reupload everything? Avi

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