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Getting started |
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Restore data |
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Profiles |
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Plugins |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
 Restore data |
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| Restore data using iBackup | |
| 1. | Quit all applications for which you want to restore settings (if you select the source folder Applications Settings or System Settings |
| 2. | Open iBackup |
| 3. | Choose the Restore profile |
| 4. | Click on the yellow folder icon right to the destination folder column in iBackup's mainwindow amd select the backup folder from where you want to restore data |
| 5. | Click on any source folder in the left table view, and select the items you want to restore in the right table view |
| 6 | Click the button Restore now |
| 7. | An alert warns you that the restore will override the selected items on the system. This prevents you from making mistakes and any inadvertent automatically executed restore. |
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| 8. | The progress bar window appears until the restore has finished |
| Note: To make the restore of System Settings effective, restart your Mac | |
| Manual restore | |
You can also restore the data manually: |
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| 1. | Open the backup folder from where you want to restore the data |
| 2. | Choose the data you want to restore and drag and drop the files and folders in Finder to the place they belong |
| 2. | To restore System Settings and Application Settings, you must open a plugin to see where the items belong to. To do so, double click a plugin in iBackup's Preferences window tab plugins, or in the folder ~/Library/Application Support/iBackup/System Settings and ~/Library/Application Support/iBackup/Applications Settings |