MY BOOK FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES
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Specifying the Number of Backup Versions.
The WD SmartWare software can keep
up to 25 older versions of each file. If you overwrite or delete a file by mistake, or want to
see the file a couple of versions ago, the WD SmartWare software has a copy for you.
You always have the most-recent specified number of versions of each file available for
retrieves, and you can choose to keep from 1 to 25 versions.
Keeping more versions:
• Improves your ability to retrieve files from a longer back-in-time period
• Consumes more disk space
To specify the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file:
1.
On the Software Settings screen (see Figure 10), click
Set
File History
to display the
Set File History dialog:
2.
Specify the number of file versions that you want to keep (from 1 to 25) in the
Enter
the number of backup versions to keep for each file
box.
3.
Click
Apply
to save and implement the new number of backup versions.
Figure 10. Software Settings Screen
