Active Backup is a bit of an oxymoron as you really can’t used information in a backup unless you restore it first. Right? Wrong! Soonr gives you the ability to work with datafiles in a backup. It doesn’t matter if your computer is offline or turned off since your information is securely available to you anytime.
The new Dashboard (introduced in version 31.) has a section called “Backups”.
Your most active computers and their status are available at a glance.
Listed are the computers associated with your account, with the most active 3 computers visible in the pane. Now at first glance it may not seem like you can do a whole lot with this view, but that would be incorrect. Pass your mouse over any of the computers and you’ll notice a menu appear across the bottom.
Search for file – is the key item here. If you remember the name of the file or any phrase that was in the file, you can locate it in the backup set. Even if the computer is turned off, you can display the file and then choose to comment, print, fax, or create a link to the file to share with others.
Edit with Cloud Drive – you can even make changes a file from another computer and have Soonr automatically sync the file to the original computer. The next time the original computer logs in, Soonr will update the folder with newest changes that you made.
This means that you can use a remote computer to edit that Word document or update the Excel spreadsheet. When you return back to the office or home and login, the file will automatically be pushed from Soonr to your computer. All the changes will be kept intact with full version control.
So that’s how Soonr allows you to use files on a computer that is turned off.
Oh, I should mention the other options on the “Backups” pane. Restore files provides the ability to recover files to another computer. Lost Computer is the first place to visit if you discover that your computer/laptop is lost or stolen. It will remove the stored access rights to your account that is in the lost computer so that unauthorized persons cannot login.
