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  "title": "Backup version",
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  "category_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary/",
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  "summary": "A backup version is a saved point in time you can restore from. Data Backup keeps a series of versions for each backup set.",
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T06:16:12.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T05:36:04.000Z",
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  "text": "A backup version is a saved point in time — your chosen folders exactly as they were when that backup ran. Restoring a version brings files back as they were then, even if you've since changed or deleted them. In Storage Studio's Data Backup , each run of a backup set creates a new version. Versions… on a set lists them by date and size. For each one, Browse Files… lets you pick individual files to bring back, and Restore All… restores the whole version. Old versions are thinned out over time, the way Time Machine does it: recent ones are kept close together, older ones further apart. See also: Backup versions: what's kept and for how long · Restoring from a backup · Incremental backup",
  "markdown": "A **backup version** is a saved point in time — your chosen folders exactly as they were when that backup ran. Restoring a version brings files back as they were then, even if you've since changed or deleted them.\n\nIn Storage Studio's **Data Backup**, each run of a backup set creates a new version. **Versions…** on a set lists them by date and size. For each one, **Browse Files…** lets you pick individual files to bring back, and **Restore All…** restores the whole version.\n\nOld versions are thinned out over time, the way Time Machine does it: recent ones are kept close together, older ones further apart.\n\nSee also: [Backup versions: what's kept and for how long](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/backup-versions) · [Restoring from a backup](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/restoring-from-a-backup) · [Incremental backup](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/glossary-incremental-backup)\n"
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