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It adds a daily scheduled version on top of As things change. It's a safety net for folders you edit constantly: continuous backups wait for a quiet moment after your changes, and in a folder that never stops changing, that moment may never come.

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Turn it on in the set's Change… popover, under As things change, then pick the time. The card's summary then reads something like "Backs up as things change · plus every day at 02:00".

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What does "Also make one version a day" do?

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Short answer: It adds one scheduled version a day on top of As things change — a safety net for folders edited so constantly that a quiet moment to back up may never arrive. Turn it on in the set's Change… popover.

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It adds a daily scheduled version on top of As things change. It's a safety net for folders you edit constantly: continuous backups wait for a quiet moment after your changes, and in a folder that never stops changing, that moment may never come.

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Turn it on in the set's Change… popover, under As things change, then pick the time. The card's summary then reads something like "Backs up as things change · plus every day at 02:00".

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