Additional Information
Deploy the thin client application and perform backup or restore!
| Latest Version | IDrive 4.0.0.11 |
| Requirements |
Mac OS X 10.10 or later |
| Updated | November 17, 2024 |
| Author | IDrive Inc. |
| Category | Compression and Backup |
| License | Demo |
| Language | English |
| Download | 462 |
Overview
IDrive for Mac is an application with minimal user interface to backup your personal or business computers. Users can manage and monitor backups of their computers from the web-interface. The Dashboard is a centralized web-console which serves as a single point of remote management for your computers. Once the thin client is set up on your computers, you can perform the following operations via the Dashboard:
- Perform immediate backups or schedule backup jobs, restore data and more.
- Modify your backup sets or settings and push the changes across all devices.
- Remotely upgrade to the latest version of the app on any computer.
- Create policies with required settings and propagate them.
- Monitor and keep track of the status of your backup activities.
Your files and folders will be synced in real time across all the devices that you link using IDrive Client for macOS. Sync storage does not impact your backup storage, and matches your backup storage limit. Quick backup and retrieval of your data in less than a week via physical storage shipment, ensuring no bandwidth usage. Backup entire drive including OS, settings, programs, files/folders, with contents and information structure intact.
Web-based console helps you manage data backups, restores, application settings and more, on your far-away computers. Transfer and store your files with 256-bit AES encryption using a user-defined key that is not stored anywhere on the servers. Incremental and compressed backups will ease your network bandwidth by transferring the modified portions of a file. It automatically recognizes the modified parts of files and backs them up.
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Setup and login
Download and install the Thin Client application on your Windows or Mac machine. Manage backups by logging to your account from the web interface.
Computer list
All computers connected to your account appear in the Computers tab in the web interface.
Backup and restore
Backup data on your computer to your IDrive Desktop account via the web. Restore files/folders from your account instantly to your computer. Use Snapshots to perform point-in-time recovery with historical view of your backed up data.
Settings
You can configure your settings and push changes to all the connected computers from the Settings tab.
Note: You can store up to 5GB of data (+ 5 GB Sync space) using a free account.
