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Soonr includes full version control at the file and folder levels. This means that you always have the option to revert back to a previous version of a file. Let’s look at this feature and how you would use it in your backup sets as well as in Project folders.

BACKUP:

After you have defined the folders you want to backup, Soonr’s desktop software will automatically update the backup set when a file is changed. By default the service will create a snapshot of your system every day, week, and month for several months. Depending on whether you have a Premium or Pro account, that historical archive can be from 90 days to 6 months. To see the versions click on the computer’s name in the Computer tab. You’ll see a Previous Versions tab in the details page.

Click on the computer's name in the Computers Tab to see the detailed history of versions that have been saved.

In this example, we can see that there are at least 9 versions of this 1.4GB backup set! Does this mean that we have consumed 9×1.4GB of space? No we haven’t consumed 12.6GB of space! Soonr is smart enough to only store changes from one set to the next. You can click on any of the versions and the system will display a complete snapshot of your document at that point in time.

You can roll back to a previous version by simple restoring it to your computer. Simply click on the version you desire and then choose the “restore” option from the action menu.

You can move back and forth in time with the orange buttons as you navigate snapshots of your computer in your version history.

In this example we are going back a few weeks and restoring a complete folder to our computer. We can also accomplish the same thing with individual files. We’ll take a look at this screnario in an online Project.

Versioning and Projects:

On online Project contains many files. When shared with a team of people, there may be multiple contributors and editors to a single file. Since the are several ways to add a new file into a project, what happens if someone if editing a file and another person uploads a version of the file at about the same time? Does one person’s changed overwrite another? With versioning, you can go back and retrieve a older version and recover the changes.

Choose the "Revert" option to revert a file back to one contained in the version archives.

In the example above, Martin and I are editing descriptions in a Word Document. After a few revisions, we decided that we’d like to roll back to the edits Martin made four weeks ago. Using the action drop down menu, I can choose to “revert” to this version and Soonr will automatically make it the most recent in the Project. It’s simple to go back.

As you can see Soonr’s versioning gives full protection of all your backup sets on your computer(s) and it also takes care of the ongoing changes that happen when there’s a shared project. With Soonr, you are always protected from losing information whether you or a member of your team made the changes.