The Mac Security Blog

Mac users want to back up their files to and from a variety of locations, and Personal Backup X5 helps them do so. Intego today announced the release of Personal Backup X5 10.5.2, a free update to its popular data protection software. This new version provides performance enhancements, and also offers the ability to back up files to and from FTP and SFTP servers.

Most people who have their own web sites access these sites via FTP, or file transfer protocol. With Personal Backup X5, users can now back up to and from their FTP server, using standard FTP or SFTP (SSH file transfer protocol). To do this, users merely choose Network Drive as either a source or destination for a Personal Backup X5 script, then enter the server’s address (beginning with ftp:// for a standard FTP server, or sftp:// to use secure FTP). Personal Backup X5 doesn’t need to mount the FTP server in the Finder in order to make its backups. These scripts can be scheduled, so users can run a daily backup of files on their FTP server, or back up personal files to an SFTP server at any preset time.

Personal Backup X5 10.5.2 is available now. This version is a free update for all users of Personal Backup X5, and is available for download via NetUpdate, Intego’s automatic update tool. For more information, or to download a demo version of Personal Backup X5, go to this page. For more information about this update, read the press release.