Intego Personal Backup
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The facts
Each one read from Intego Personal Backup's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automation
- Tasks can run periodically without user attention and can trigger actions from other programs and macOS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Backup destinations
- It can back up to hard drive volumes, external drives, removable media, network volumes, AirPort disks, iPods in hard disk mode, and disk images.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- mixedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Backup types
- It supports file backups, bootable backups, synchronization, and restoring files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bootable backup limit
- On macOS Big Sur and higher, Intego says Backup and Synchronize work, but cloning the startup volume reliably with Bootable Backup is not possible.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bundle availability
- Intego lists Personal Backup 10.9 as an included app in the Mac Premium Bundle X9.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Computer backup
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Current release
- The release notes list Personal Backup X9 version 10.9.29, released September 10, 2025, as compatible with macOS Tahoe.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- When using a disk image as the destination, the manual says users can choose from two levels of encryption.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Incremental backups
- Incremental backups are enabled by default and copy only new or modified files after the initial backup when the source and destination remain the same.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Incremental copies
- After an initial backup, it can copy only files changed since the previous backup.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Personal Backup can run Intego VirusBarrier to scan files before copying them.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile backup
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Monitoring
- The software can show previews, progress summaries, details, and logs for backup or synchronization tasks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Network integrations
- The manual describes connecting to network volumes using local addresses, Windows shares, FTP or SFTP servers, or IP addresses.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Personal Backup X9 backs up and synchronizes Mac data and can create bootable backups of a Mac startup volume.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Ransomware protection
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Restore limit
- The Restore function is unavailable for synchronization tasks; files deleted from the source but still on the destination must be copied back manually.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restore modes
- mixedchecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Intego says it was founded in 1997.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Company security certification
- Intego states that Intego S.A. is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for information security management.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1997checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform and requirements
- Personal Backup X9 is listed for macOS High Sierra 10.13 through macOS Sequoia 15, and its manual specifies macOS 10.13 or higher.checked 12 Oct 2026
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