How to use ebackit from first launch to advanced Pro workflows.

1. Home

The Home screen is the default backup workspace. It includes the checkboxes Delete orphaned backups, Only copy missing or changed files, and Ignore system files, followed by the backup progress bar and status labels.

During a run you will see Current file, Path pairs, Files processed, Speed, Time remaining, and a scrolling preview area showing what the worker is doing.

2. Manage Paths

Use Manage Paths before any backup. This dialog shows the current table of source folders, destination folders, and whether each pair is enabled. You can use Add, Delete, Enable All, and Disable All.

Double-click a source or destination row to replace it. For normal Standard use, you will usually add local folders or external drives here and leave Only copy missing or changed files enabled on the Home screen for incremental behavior.

3. Run Backup, Pause, Resume, and Stop

Click Run Backup from the sidebar to start a job using the enabled path pairs. If you need to temporarily halt activity, use Pause and then Resume. Use Stop only when you want to cancel the current job.

When a backup completes, ebackit shows a summary dialog with the number of processed files, copied files, skipped files when applicable, total size, and elapsed time.

4. Restore Files

Open Restore Files from the sidebar to restore a folder backup. The restore panel includes Backup Source Folder, Cloud..., Restore Destination Folder, Run Restore, and Back to Home.

Standard users normally restore from a local backup folder. The progress area shows percentage, status text, and file counts as the restore runs.

5. Scan for Orphans

Scan for Orphans checks backup destinations for files that no longer exist in the source. This is useful when you want to identify stale backup content before deleting anything.

6. View Backup History

View Backup History opens a table of recorded backup entries including source, destination, size, and timestamp. Use it to confirm that a backup actually happened and where files went.

7. View Log

View Log opens the job log with timestamp, level, and message columns. Use this first when a backup, restore, or validation step does not behave the way you expect.

8. Statistics

Statistics summarizes how many backup entries have been recorded and how much data has been copied overall. It is a fast way to review app usage totals without opening the history table.

9. Check for Updates

Use Check for Updates to manually verify whether a newer release is available. This is useful before moving to a new machine or before a major backup cycle.

10. Toggle Theme and Close

Toggle Theme switches the app appearance. Close exits the application. These are simple controls, but they are part of the everyday sidebar surface users see on every run.

1. Activate Pro Edition

Click Activate Pro Edition in the sidebar to open the license dialog. You can type the key, paste it into the 5-block input, or use Buy Pro if you still need a license.

2. Cloud Profiles

Cloud Profiles is the hub for cloud destinations. The top section lists saved profiles. The editor below lets you set Profile Name, pick a provider card, review Provider Notes, and configure either S3 credentials or an rclone remote.

Key buttons include Detect Remotes, Unlock rclone, Create Remote Wizard, Import Existing Remote, Quick Setup Help, Setup Assistant, Test Connection, Save, and Delete. This screen is designed for Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Azure, S3-compatible storage, and other rclone remotes.

3. Cloud Path Pairs and Cloud Restore

In Manage Paths, Pro users gain Add Cloud (Guided) and Add Cloud. These let you pair a local source with a cloud destination URI. On the restore screen, the Cloud... button becomes meaningful for Pro cloud restore workflows.

4. Pro Backup Encryption

Before a Pro backup starts, ebackit can show a backup encryption dialog with Encrypt this backup, Use remembered passphrase for this session, Remember passphrase for this app session, and Use this passphrase for all scheduled backups.

If you choose encryption, the restore workflow will later ask for the same passphrase. The sidebar action Clear Saved Passphrase removes remembered session and scheduled passphrases.

5. Pro Backup Schedules

Schedules opens the Pro scheduling dialog. This screen includes schedule name, backup type, execution mode, recurrence, next run time, enabled state, native scheduler support, retry count and delay, bandwidth limit, low CPU mode, retention rules, allowed run window, desktop or email or webhook notifications, and the list of selected path pairs.

It also includes a dedicated Scheduled Backup Encryption section where you can save, rotate, or clear a global passphrase for scheduled runs.

6. Disk Images

Disk Images opens a three-part Pro workspace. Create Image packages a mounted volume or folder into a portable image archive. Restore Image restores that archive to a destination folder. True Bootable Whole-Disk Clone is the high-risk operation that overwrites a target disk and requires administrator or root privileges.

On Windows, the app uses its built-in raw-disk copy engine for whole-disk clone, so no extra tool or PATH setup is required.

The panel also exposes Pause, Resume, Stop, and Back to Home controls for long-running imaging jobs.

7. Duplicate Finder Wizard

Duplicate Finder is a five-step Pro wizard: Select Sources, Scan, Review Actions, Validate and Process, and Rollback and Reports.

Users can scan by content hash, assign keep or delete actions, validate choices, perform a dry run, process staged deletions, export reports, and restore files from rollback runs later.

8. Pro-only Visibility in the Sidebar

Once Pro is active, the sidebar exposes the expanded workflow surface: Disk Images, Schedules, Cloud Profiles, Duplicate Finder, and Clear Saved Passphrase. Standard users will instead see friendly prompts explaining that those actions require Pro Edition.