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Hi Mike,

Thanks for your help.  I agree about your security concerns and am planning on placing the external drive containing unencrypted files in a safety deposit box.  I am already backing up using the built-in Espionage backup so I'll try adding this other method to my process.

Lori

Is it ok to unlock all folders then use Chronosync to do a one-directional (left to right) sync of the unencrypted files to an external harddrive?

I'd like to have unencrypted versions of my files backed up in the event that my encrypted Espionage sparsebundles get corrupted.

Thanks.
Lori

Hi Greg,

Greg wrote: As I mentioned in my previous post, Espionage's backups do not backup files unencrypted, so that takes care of the first two things you mentioned.

Yes, I understand that Espionage's integrated backup system doesn't backup unencrypted files which is why I was NOT trying to do it that way.  Rather, I was trying to manually copy the unlocked files on the hard drive.  I'll try what you suggested.

Thanks.
Lori

It depends on how you're doing the backup. Espionage's backups do not do unencrypted backups. If you're going to use something else, you'll need to tell the backup software to backup the contents of unlocked folders, and how you do this will likely depend on whatever backup solution you're using. The instructions above for Crashplan can be used as a guide for the basic concepts.

Hi Greg,

I followed the Crashplan as a guide but nothing worked.  As I mentioned in my original post, I tried it three different ways but none of them copied the unencrypted files.  I even tried just copying them without any backup software and that didn't work either.

Thanks.
Lori

Oh... so that was specific instructions for Crashplan.  I'm not using Crashplan.  I just wanted to make a normal backup of the files in the unencrypted form.

Thanks.
Lori

I am trying to achieve the same thing - Backup unencrypted files.  I haven't had any success though.

To backup the non-encrypted data, the folders will have to be unlocked. Then, choose Settings > Backup, and then click the "Change Selection..." button. You'll see a list of folders, and at the top-most level, alongside your hard drive, you'll see the names of the unlocked folders. Check the checkbox to back up these folders, and the folder contents will be backed up unencrypted (but, like all files, encrypted by CrashPlan's service).

This is what I've tried:
- Unlock folder, in Prefs - enable backup, uncheck backup when encrypted and unencrypted, Backup Now
- Unlock folder,  in Prefs - enable backup, uncheck backup when encrypted, Backup Now
- Unlock folder, copy actual files from hard drive to external.  They only appear when the source folder is unlocked

You mention having a "Settings > Backup", then a "Change Selection..." button.  I don't see that.

Thanks!
Lori