{"id":644,"date":"2024-09-25T09:48:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T09:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/?post_type=tesserakb&#038;p=644"},"modified":"2024-12-20T17:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T17:59:13","slug":"opticalbackup-automated-backups-desktop-app","status":"publish","type":"tesserakb","link":"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/knowledgebase\/opticalbackup-automated-backups-desktop-app\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do automated backups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Automate Your Backups with OpticalBackup\u2019s Desktop App<\/h3>\n<p>With <strong>automated backups<\/strong>, you no longer need to worry about manually selecting and uploading files to <strong>OpticalBackup<\/strong> every time you want to safeguard your data.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/app.opticalbackup.com\/desktop-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Desktop App<\/strong><\/a>, available for <strong>Windows, Mac, and Linux<\/strong>, handles all your backups seamlessly in the background, ensuring zero effort on your part. The desktop app looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-649 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/main-dashboard-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/main-dashboard-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/main-dashboard-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/main-dashboard-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/main-dashboard-1536x1067.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/main-dashboard-2048x1423.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With this powerful desktop app, you can achieve incredible backup efficiency:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automatically back up<\/strong> all work folders and files you created or edited throughout the day after you leave your desk at 18:00.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schedule regular backups<\/strong> for your personal photos on a daily or weekly basis.<\/li>\n<li>Back up all newly created or edited documents from your local computer or cloud folder at <strong>8:00, 12:00, and 18:00<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Migrate your <strong>external drive backups<\/strong> every Friday, allowing you to safely delete them to free up space.<\/li>\n<li>Perform <strong>incremental backups<\/strong> of your sensitive data every hour or even every 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>And much more &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To start automating your backups, simply download our <strong>Desktop App<\/strong> by clicking on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/app.opticalbackup.com\/desktop-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download App<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; button in the upper right corner. Select your preferred operating system, click on the downloaded file and follow the installation process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-597 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dashboard-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dashboard-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dashboard-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dashboard-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dashboard-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dashboard-2048x1141.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-584 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-app-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-app-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-app-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-app-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-app-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-app-2048x1141.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For detailed guidance on configuring automated backups, check out our tutorial:<a href=\"https:\/\/opticalbackup.com\/help\/knowledgebase\/opticalbackup-automated-backup-setup-desktop-app\/\"> <strong>How to Schedule Regular Backups Using the Desktop App<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automate Your Backups with OpticalBackup\u2019s Desktop App With automated backups, you no longer need to worry about manually selecting and uploading files to OpticalBackup every time you want to safeguard your data. 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