Automatic Backup is a feature that automatically uploads documents from Goodnotes to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or WebDAV for safekeeping every time you make a change. This feature works best alongside iCloud Sync to protect your notes and ensure you can find them if something happens to your local library or you lose access to your iCloud Account.
Once you set up Automatic Backup, it will initially upload all your documents to the auto-backup folder. After that, only changed documents get backed up.
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Please note that Automatic Backup is a one-way process, so it doesn't sync your changes across your devices as iCloud does. Changes you make to your library on one device won't affect the library on another device.
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Here is what Automatic Backup will do for different actions that you take in Goodnotes.
| If you do this in Goodnotes | This will happen: |
|---|---|
| Create a Notebook or import a document | |
| Create a Folder | |
| Recover an item from Trash Bin | The Notebook, Folder or recovered item is uploaded to your cloud storage. |
| Make changes to a page | |
| Change a page template in a Notebook | |
| Reorder the pages of a Notebook | |
| Rename a Notebook or Folder | The copy of your Notebook or Folder is updated in your cloud storage. |
| Delete a Notebook or Folder | No effect is made to your items in cloud storage |
| Favorite or unfavorite a page or Notebook | No effect is made to your items in cloud storage |
| Modify the custom outline of a Notebook | No effect is made to your items in cloud storage |
| Move a Notebook/Folder | The folder structure in your cloud storage is updated. |
<aside> 💡 Once you've enabled Automatic Backup for the first time, keep the app visible on the screen until Automatic Backup finishes uploading your entire library.
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