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Can I use IDrive for Mac to schedule full and incremental backup on specific days? How do I see previous versions of my data?

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Can I use IDrive for Mac to schedule full and incremental backup on specific days? How do I see previous versions of my data?

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IDrive for Mac does not have the conventional concept of full and incremental backups. Every backup is basically a full backup with an incremental effect. Unlike the conventional concept of ‘incremental backup’ where modified data is stored separately from full backup. IDrive for Mac overwrites the full backup with the modifications made to it during backup. In other words, you have ‘full backup’ results each time. This helps in fast restores when needed. IDrive for Mac uses advanced patching technology to determine the changed data at source and apply only the modified blocks on to the data at IDrive for Mac. Hence, no efficiency is lost due to IDrive for Mac’s methodology of updating full backups directly every time.