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AutoBackupTool has three schedule modes powered by the schedule Python library. You select a mode before clicking Start Backup, and the app handles the rest — running your backup at the right time without any external cron jobs or system services required.

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Schedule options

Runs a single backup immediately when you click Start Backup. No recurring schedule is created, and no background scheduler thread is started. Use this when you want a one-off snapshot of your folder.
Schedules a backup every day at 22:00 using schedule.every().day.at("22:00"). A background daemon thread starts and checks for pending jobs every second. The app must remain open for the scheduled backup to fire.
Schedules a backup every Sunday at 22:00 using schedule.every().sunday.at("22:00"). Like the daily option, this requires the app to stay open for the job to run.

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How scheduling works

When you click Start Backup with a recurring schedule selected, AutoBackupTool registers a job with the schedule library and starts a background daemon thread that loops until you stop it: 
if self.schedule_var.get() == "once":
    self.run_backup()
elif self.schedule_var.get() == "daily":
    schedule.every().day.at("22:00").do(self.run_backup)
elif self.schedule_var.get() == "weekly":
    schedule.every().sunday.at("22:00").do(self.run_backup)
if self.schedule_var.get() != "once":
    threading.Thread(target=self.run_schedule, daemon=True).start()
The daemon thread calls schedule.run_pending() every second and continues running as long as the app window is open and self.running is True. Each time a scheduled job fires, it triggers run_backup(), which compresses, encrypts, and uploads your folder to Google Drive. Click Stop Backup to clear all scheduled jobs with schedule.clear() and stop the thread. You can then choose a new schedule and click Start Backup again without restarting the app.
The app must remain open for scheduled backups to fire. If you close the AutoBackupPro Cloud window, the scheduler stops and no further backups will run until you reopen the app and click Start Backup again.
For unattended daily backups, consider keeping the app minimized or packaging it as a standalone executable — see Building an executable.

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