Pause, idle conditions and bandwidth

Let backup follow your computer and network usage preferences.

How to use it

  1. Select Pause on the job card and Resume to continue. Stop cancels the current run; Skip advances the queue.
  2. On Conditions, require idle time only before starting, or throughout the job. Idle detection uses keyboard and mouse activity.
  3. In Settings, optionally defer work on battery and pause uploads on metered networks. These are global conditions.
  4. Set upload and download limits in Settings. Zero means unlimited; values are in KiB/s.
  5. Follow the stage, file progress, speed, elapsed time and estimated remaining time in the status bar.
Good to knowPausing takes effect at safe checkpoints; an in-flight request may not stop instantly. Interrupted Drive uploads can resume at the stored offset while the session remains valid.
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