How to activate Online storage

To activate Online storage:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Click the More Tools button.

    The Tools window opens.

  3. In the Tools window, go to the Data Protection section.
  4. Click the Backup and Restore link to open the Backup and Restore window.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • If no backup task has been created yet, click the Select files for backup button.
    • If you already have a backup task, click the Create backup copies of other files button.

    The Backup Task Creation Wizard starts.

  6. In the data type selection window, select the data category or manually specify the files that you want to back up.
  7. In the storage selection window, select the Online storage option and click the Activate button.

    An Internet connection is required to create an Online storage.

    A Dropbox account login dialog opens.

  8. In the window that opens, perform one of the following operations:
    • Complete registration if you are not a registered Dropbox user.
    • If you are a registered Dropbox user, log into your Dropbox account.
  9. To finish Online storage activation, confirm that Kaspersky Security Cloud is allowed to use your Dropbox account for backing up and restoring data. Kaspersky Security Cloud places backup copies of saved data in a separate folder that is created in the Dropbox storage folder for applications.

    After Online storage activation has been completed, the storage selection window opens. It contains a selection of online storages to choose from. For the activated Online storage, the application shows the amount of used space and the amount of free space available for data storage.

When copying files to Dropbox, Kaspersky Security Cloud does not differentiate between uppercase and lowercase letters in the name of a file and/or name of a path to the file. Therefore, when attempting to create backup copies of files whose names and/or paths differ only by their case, Kaspersky Security Cloud creates only one backup copy because a conflict arises in Dropbox.

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