Automate Your Backups
Now that you've successfully performed and tested both a duplicate and a versioned backup, it's time for the last important step: scheduling these backups to occur automatically.
As I mentioned earlier (see Scanning Methods), some backup software runs all the time in the background, in some cases automatically adding newly created or modified files to your backup as they're saved or shortly thereafter. If you're using such software, you needn't worry about scheduling—your backups are already automated. Likewise, if your backup software is designed in such a way that setting up an initial backup also creates a schedule, you're all set.
If not, take a few extra moments to tell your backup program when to run. Backup software ...
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