Backup scheduling for active design files

Purpose

1.1. Automate backup scheduling for active graphic design files across multiple storage platforms to prevent data loss, ensure version control, and enable fast, reliable file recovery.
1.2. Automatedly create timestamped versions of work-in-progress files for compliance, client service, and workflow continuity.
1.3. Automating offsite backup for collaborative files (e.g., PSD, AI) to satisfy business continuity, improve collaboration, and minimize downtime in case of accidental deletion or corruption.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automate scheduling based on specific calendar times (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly).
2.2. Automating detection of file changes in watched directories or cloud folders, acting whenever files are edited, renamed, or added.
2.3. Automation based on manual trigger by design lead or admin for mission-critical assets.
2.4. Automator responds to API pings from project management or creative workflow tools indicating status changes or deadlines approaching.

Platform variants

3.1. Google Drive
• API: Files — automate ‘list’, ‘copy’, and ‘update’ endpoints for scheduled incremental backups.
3.2. Dropbox
• API: files/list_folder, files/copy — schedule automation to backup versioned folders.
3.3. OneDrive
• API: DriveItem/Copy, Delta — automate copying changed files nightly.
3.4. Box
• API: Folders/Copy, Files/New Version — automate file duplication via scheduled automation.
3.5. Amazon S3
• Action: PUT ObjectCopy — automate ongoing S3 bucket-to-bucket backups.
3.6. Microsoft SharePoint
• API: Files/Copies, Sync — automate designer library backups with workflow schedules.
3.7. Adobe Creative Cloud
• API: Assets/Files — automate periodic exports & duplicate backups of design assets.
3.8. FTP/SFTP Servers
• Action: Automate script to initiate scheduled SFTP get/put operations for directory synchronization.
3.9. NAS (Synology/QNAP)
• Feature: Snapshot Replication — schedule automator tasks via API or CLI to duplicate folders.
3.10. pCloud
• API: file/copyfile, listfolder — automate versioned scheduled backups to archival folders.
3.11. Backblaze B2
• API: b2_copy_file — automate scheduled secondary copies.
3.12. Egnyte
• API: Files/Copy — automate cross-folder scheduled backups.
3.13. Wasabi
• API: PUT ObjectCopy — automating backup routines for versioned file storage.
3.14. Mega.nz
• API: copy — automate scheduled extension or duplication of folders.
3.15. Zoho WorkDrive
• API: Copy Files — automate backup of team folders by schedule.
3.16. iCloud Drive
• Workflow: Automate file duplication via Shortcuts or third-party automation services.
3.17. FileCloud
• API: Copy — automate backup of user directories on schedule.
3.18. Tresorit
• API: folder/copy, backup — automate secure scheduled backups.
3.19. Citrix ShareFile
• API: FolderCopy — automate design file backups nightly.
3.20. Smartsheet Attachments
• API: CopyAttachment — automate backup scheduling for attached design versions.

Benefits

4.1. Automates compliance with backup policies; reduces manual errors.
4.2. Automation ensures ongoing version control and audit trails for client work.
4.3. Automatedly safeguards business-critical graphic assets against accidental deletion or ransomware.
4.4. Automator increases designer productivity by eliminating repetitive file management.
4.5. Automatable cross-platform routine supports hybrid cloud, team collaboration, and remote backups seamlessly.