Instant Backup is a simple and very affordable solution to securely back up selected data on-line and locally. Instant Backup is designed to back up the most important and sensitive active projects - the ones users don't want to take any chances with. For example, when you’d like to back up your project more often than your scheduled backup does. Or when you prefer to have a password protected copy of the project on an FTP site, in addition to all your regular local backups.

Instant Backup is not a replacement for the complete computer backup systems, such as Time Machine. The power of Instant Backup is in its simplicity and the ability to securely backup selected projects whenever needed. And FTP backup protects your data against theft, fire or other disasters that could affect your hardware.

How It Works

In the Backup Settings window, define the desired backup locations. You can choose between an FTP or local disk backup.

Instant Backup can create a compressed disk image (.dmg) for each file or folder you back up. For the complete backup security, you can encrypt and password protect the disk image.

To back up, just drag and drop the desired file or folder onto the Instant Backup icon in the Finder or Dock. You can choose to transfer all items to a default backup location automatically, or to show the list of backup locations to choose from.

 

The best place to keep the Instant Backup icon is in the Finder window toolbar. To put it there, hold the Command key and drag the Instant Backup icon to the toolbar.