The Help files have no information on how the “Restore” function works for eM Client’s new Backup feature.
They do have a page of info the Backup feature itself, explaining how, in Settings, “You can select from 1 to 5 backups, which you would like to preserve saved and ready to be restored if needed”.
But all they say about “Restore”, which is found on the File menu, is “You can restore your data”. Period. No guidance on what exactly will happen when you run Restore. No instruction on how to select and restore any or all of the up to 5 backups you might have preserved.
If you click on Restore you get a warning: “Restore Confirmation: Do you really want to restore your data? This might cause loss of your settings and data that has been added since a last backup was made.”
Words like “might” always ad to the confusion, as we naturally take it to mean Restore “might, or might not” obliterate e-mails and contacts that have been added to the current file since the last backup was made. We need clarification of what the program is intended to do, assuming it’s working properly.
Can anyone tell us:
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Does the Restore feature, as it is currently configured, erase the current data and replace it with only what’s on the backup file, or does it simply add the backups to the current files?
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If an item is present in both the current file and the backup file, will Restore simply overwrite the current item with the backup, or will it insert a second copy of the item, which we will then have to manually delete?
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How does the user select and restore any or all of the up to 5 backups that have been preserved, without losing any items in the previously restored backups?
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Do Backup and Restore preserve and return all folders and nested folders in their original order?
Thanks.
Dave
