I have a Hyper Backup to a Local Storage USB. I run it nightly and I want to it to rotate but not keep far too many versions of my files. I'm using Smart Recycle and as the 8TB drive was filling up it became clear 256 versions was madness. So I set it to 12 versions, which is more than enough, but I couldn't run the backup for a week or so - I assume while it cleaned out the excess versions. But still the drive is near 90% capacity so I've dropped versions down to 5 which seems plenty for me. Still the drive is at 90%.
And now when I look at the Version List there are only six entries and the Backup Explorer only goes back six days.
This is not how I read and understand the settings. I haven't touched most of the files being backed up and there will only be a single backup version of those. So there must be a copy of 'firstfile.txt' backed up six moths ago. But I'm not able to go back six months to see if that file exists.
Clearly this is a combination of poor documentation / translation and my comprehension skills. Who can explain what's happening?
What I do have and understand is ChronoSync running backups on my Macs. It 'archives' and keeps three versions of files which have changed or been deleted and hangs on to them for a year (my settings). So I can easily find 'firstfile.txt' from six months ago and if that's the wrong version go back to last year. I thought I had Hyper Backup set to do the same...
And now when I look at the Version List there are only six entries and the Backup Explorer only goes back six days.
This is not how I read and understand the settings. I haven't touched most of the files being backed up and there will only be a single backup version of those. So there must be a copy of 'firstfile.txt' backed up six moths ago. But I'm not able to go back six months to see if that file exists.
Clearly this is a combination of poor documentation / translation and my comprehension skills. Who can explain what's happening?
What I do have and understand is ChronoSync running backups on my Macs. It 'archives' and keeps three versions of files which have changed or been deleted and hangs on to them for a year (my settings). So I can easily find 'firstfile.txt' from six months ago and if that's the wrong version go back to last year. I thought I had Hyper Backup set to do the same...