Reinitialize CloudBak's database

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CloudBak keeps a database on your Mac of what it has copied: each file's name, folder, size, dates and checksum. It also holds your backup history and logs, your issues, and past checks. Nothing in it leaves your Mac.

When to reinitialize it

Reinitialize the database if it no longer matches what's in your backup folder, or if CloudBak support asks you to.

If you only suspect that some copies are missing or damaged, run Verify Backup first. It finds those copies and has the next backup copy them again, without clearing anything. See Check that your backup is intact.

Reinitialize the database

  1. If a backup is running, stop it. The button is dimmed during a backup.
  2. Open Settings › General.
  3. Under Troubleshooting, next to Tracking Database, click Reinitialize Database….
  4. Click Reinitialize Database to confirm.

What happens

  • Nothing in your backup folder is deleted. Your backup and its archive stay as they are.
  • The next backup looks at every file there, recognizes the copies it finds, and copies only what's missing. It takes about as long as checking your whole backup.
  • Your backup history, issues and past checks are cleared.
  • Your settings and the folders you've granted are kept.

CloudBak counts iCloud Drive again straight away. A scheduled backup doesn't start just because the history was cleared: the schedule carries on from now.