New to Mac
No backup ritual to learn.
Save your work and macup starts protecting it. No drive reminder, script, or weekly chore required.
Continuous backup
Back up the work you just saved.
macup watches your Mac for saved changes and sends protected updates to macup Cloud quickly. New files, project edits, exported masters: captured after they land on disk, encrypted on your Mac, and visible in the menubar.
Recent health, not a stale check
The pill reflects recent backup activity and alerts you when a set needs attention.
Continuous, not chore-based
Saved changes are picked up automatically, so today's work is not waiting for tonight's schedule.
Pause without losing progress
Pause backup work when you need the connection, then resume from where macup left off.
No card required
Continuous backup should understand the way you use your Mac.
The job is simple: protect the files people actually care about, without making them think like backup admins.
Creators
Large projects stay practical.
Photo catalogues, video libraries, design folders, and exports change constantly. macup focuses on what changed after the first backup.
Families
Less family IT.
Each Mac can show a clear backup state, so everyone knows whether their files are protected without sharing folders or accounts.
Teams and MSPs
Status without guesswork.
Recent activity, paused work, failed sets, and destinations are visible enough to manage Macs without touching every machine.
Watch. Prepare. Encrypt. Send.
The system stays simple on the surface because the backup work is handled in the background.
Watch
macOS tells macup when files change, so backup starts from real saved work instead of waiting for a blind schedule.
Prepare
macup prepares changed data and skips what is already protected, keeping routine backups small after the first pass.
Encrypt
File contents are encrypted on your Mac before upload. Only your key unlocks them.
Send
Protected updates go to macup Cloud or another destination, then resume cleanly after pauses or network drops.
Your file
Chunked
Deduplicated
Encrypted
Uploaded
Quick after the first pass. Quiet while you work.
Small
After the first pass, routine backups focus on changed data instead of starting over.
60sec
Default interval between backup cycles. Adjust per set when a folder needs a different rhythm.
Quiet
macOS event watching keeps idle overhead low, with workload controls for busy Macs.
Under load
Work hard. We'll wait.
macup can throttle backup work when your Mac needs CPU, network, or disk headroom. Rendering a 4K export? Pause backup work or set caps, then let macup catch up after the heavy work is done.
A practical path to 3-2-1.
The point of 3-2-1 is simple: keep important work in more than one place. macup helps you combine the copy on your Mac, a local drive, and an off-site cloud copy without wiring together separate tools.
Your work
Protected continuously
See what changed. See what is protected.
The menubar, dashboard, and activity log show recent snapshots, destinations, failures, and paused work. You get enough detail to trust the backup without living inside a backup app.
macup Activity
Continuous backup, plainly.
What if I'm on a laptop and go offline?
macup queues backup work locally. When you're back online, it picks up where it left off and skips data that is already protected whenever it can.
Does this work with Photos libraries or iCloud files?
macup backs up files that are present on your Mac. If iCloud is optimizing storage, originals may need to be downloaded before any backup app can protect the full file. For large libraries, macup shows what is included so you can verify the set before relying on it.
Can I schedule instead of continuous?
Yes. Keep continuous as the default, or choose hourly, daily, or a custom schedule per backup set. Many people use continuous for macup Cloud and a daily run for an external drive.
How do I exclude files?
Use folder rules, file rules, and built-in excludes for caches, build artifacts, and other files you can recreate. You can adjust the rules per backup set.
What happens during a Time Machine run?
macup is designed to coexist with Time Machine. When macOS is busy with another backup, macup can back off and resume after the system settles.
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