From Web-Manager, first select the files/folders you would like to share with others, using the checkboxes provided. Click on Share Folder/File. You can then choose your sharing options. Select SSL to create SSL enabled links. You can even choose to password protect your files and folders, so that your files can be viewed by people who are supposed to view them. You can Write Enable your shared files and folders so that others can modify your files and upload them back to your online backup/storage account. You can enable Locking for your shared files to avoid any mistaken overwriting. After making these settings, you will be asked to enter the email addresses of the recipient with whom you would like to share the files.

You can view an interactive demo for file sharing.

To download shared files and folders from the Shareable links, simply click on the link. You will see a web page with options to 'Download' or 'Save'. On clicking ‘Download’, you can further choose to open the file or save it to your computer. On clicking ‘Save’, you can save the file to your IBackup Account.

To download and save files to your computer from the Shareable links, first click on the link. You will see a web page with options to 'Download' or 'Save'. By clicking on ‘Download’, you will see a dialog box with options to open the file or save it to your computer. Choose the option ‘Save it to your computer'.

When ‘Shareable’ links are clicked, you can either download the files to your computer or choose to save them in your online storage IBackup Account. On clicking 'Save' you will be able to save the file to your IBackup account under the folder ‘Sideload’.

The links created using Web-Manager based file and folder sharing have limited life span, they expire after a certain number of downloads. If you need to have 'permanent' sharing on a file or a folder with others, Sub-Accounts is the preferred method. For details, please see Sub-Accounts.

Share a file with read only access-Use Web-Manager's file share feature
Share a folder with read only access-Use Web-Manager's folder share feature
Share a file with read/write access-Use Web-Manager's file share feature with write enabled option
Share a folder with read/write access-Create a sub-account for the folder
Share a folder with sub-folders within with read/write access-Create a sub-account for the folder with sub-folders within
Share your entire account-Create a sub-account with root directory mapped to your home directory

For emails with large content, the best option is to cut the URL of the link generated and paste it onto content of an email system of your choice rather than use IBackup's method to send the URL links.

While generating the share links, check the 'Locking Enabled' option so that the files and folders lock status becomes visible to the users who are using the shared links. Based on their access rights, they can view and/or modify the lock status.

It appears my ISP's spam filter is removing IBackup share emails by mistake, what is the work-around?

IBackup now offers sharing using default client built-in, or your own email client, such as Outlook, Outlook Express or any other default email client of your choice. You will find the option to 'Send using your email program' on the share page after you choose necessary options to create the share.