Options

Options are grouped into tabs in the Backup Editor. Click the open tab again to collapse the options, or a tab to expand them.

The preset menu shows (modified) after the preset name when this movie's settings differ from the preset; hover it to list the differences.

The copy-engine picker was removed in 1.2.0, the FilmCan Engine handles every backup. See Copy Engines.

Basic options

See Copy Engines for engine behavior.

• Verification: Off, Fast, or Paranoid. Default for new projects is Fast. See Copy Engines.
• Force re-copy: re-copies every file even if it's already backed up (disables resume skip). Off by default.
• Duplicate policy: Skip, Overwrite, Add counter, Ask each time. See Destination Presets.
• Counter style: shown only when Duplicate policy is Add counter.
• Copy mode: how multiple destinations are written:
• Automatic (default): parallel for SSDs / distinct drives, sequential for a network destination or two destinations on the same physical volume.
• All destinations at once: read the source once, write everywhere together.
• One destination at a time: copy each destination fully before the next (re-reads the source per destination).
• Copy order: Default order, Smallest first, Largest first, Creation date.

Source

See Source Selection for patterns and auto-detect details.

• Auto-detect sources, toggle.
• Drive and folder names to detect, shown when Auto-detect sources is on.
• Copy folder contents only, copies the contents of a source folder without the top-level folder.
• Copy-only patterns (optional).
• Include patterns (optional).
• Exclude patterns (optional).

Destinations

See Destination Presets for templates and tokens.

• Auto-detect destinations, toggle.
• Drive and folder names to detect, shown when Auto-detect destinations is on.
• Folder template, toggle + template field.
• Rename only patterns (optional), shown when Folder template is on.
• File name template, toggle + template field.
• Custom date for tokens, toggle + date picker. See Smart Date.

Logs

• Create log file, toggle.
• Location, Same as destination or Custom folder (when Create log file is on).
• Custom log folder, shown when Location is Custom folder.
• Log file path and name, shown when Create log file is on.

Verification & integrity

• Verification mode (Off / Fast / Paranoid) is in Basic options above.
• xxHash128 is the checksum algorithm; hash lists are written per source root. See Hash Lists.
• Resume skip and Force re-copy are covered in Copy Engines.

The rsync-only Transfer refinements tab was removed in 1.2.0 along with the rsync engine.