Database Backup Tips and Strategies
The ACDSee Home database stores information about your files, including EXIF information, file name and folder location, thumbnails, categories, ratings, and any other information you add using the Properties pane. The more information you store in the database, and the more time you spend entering that information, the more important it is to back up your database, and to have a good strategy for managing your backups. Losing hours of work to a system crash or other uncontrollable event is something that should, and can, be avoided.
Backup Schedule
How often you need to back up depends on how often you add or change information in the database. A good rule to use would be to back up your data as often as you want to avoid retyping it. You can use the backup reminder settings on the Database page of the Options dialog box to set a regular reminder for yourself to back up your data as often as you think appropriate. Business environments and professional users should back up every day.
It is also recommended that you back up your database before performing any major adjustments to it, such as importing information from another ACDSee Home user, or converting a database from a previous version of ACDSee.
Backup Location
It's a good idea to consider where you back up your data, as well as how often. If you're backing up to your hard drive, ACDSee Home creates a new folder for each day. This helps to avoid overwriting your backup, and gives you several increments from which you can restore. Also helpful is a monthly backup that is stored in a different physical location than your computer, such as a network drive.
Backup Size
To keep the size of the backup small, choose to back up database information only, and back up your images separately, also on a regular basis.