

You can proceed then to allow access to our App: This is not a security problem, so we can proceed by clicking on the “Advanced” link and then on the “Go to Iperius Backup (unsafe)” link, as shown in the image below: At this point Iperius will open a browser window where you will have to allow authorization to Iperius Backup (you will also need to log in with your Google account if you are not already connected).īefore authorization, the browser may show the message “This app isn’t verified”. Once you’ve configured all the authentication data, click on the “Save” button.

Once you’ve got the Client ID and Client Secret from Google, you can specify them in the account creation: To do that, please read this tutorial: Enable Google Drive API and get an authentication ID. To get the login data for the Google Drive account, you must access a dedicated area provided by Google, where you must enable the Google Drive API and generate a key pair. As you can see in the picture below, you first have to add and select a new Google Drive account. Iperius can backup your files also to other cloud storage services, such as Microsoft OneDrive, Azure, Amazon S3 and Dropbox, and even to FTP servers, but this tutorial is focused on Google Drive.įirst of all, from the program main window, create a new backup job:Īdd the files and folders you want to backup to Google Drive: Iperius is also very fast in upload operations since it sends multiple files at the same time. Iperius allows you to make compressed backups, incremental and differential backups. This allows to save your files remotely on Google Drive in a very easy way (cloud backup). Unfortunately, the synchronization tool provided by Google Drive doesn’t guarantee a real protection against some ransomware like Cryptowall, Cryptolocker, Locky, WannaCry, etc…, since they can encrypt the local Google Drive folder, and, consequently, you will lose all your online files once local files are uploaded for synchronization.Īmong the great online backup features of Iperius, you also have the chance to make a Google Drive backup. It can also be considered an online drive, that can be accessed through any browser and mobile device.

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service provided by Google, which enables user cloud storage, file sharing and collaborative editing.
