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The word "backup" is very general and there are a myriad of choices to make. I personally do mirror backups (except my cloud backup) (and in some case have my tool also keep a copy of deleted files which I can delete manually later). I never ever have backups run automatically. Should you make a mistake and delete files by accident and are making a mirror copy, an automatic backup would delete those things from your backup and you end up with nothing (except maybe something in the recycle bin). I do backups manually when I've finished with some work, at least once a day on projects I'm working on.
But I want mirror because I want an exact copy of my primary directories in case of disk failure. And yes, I have had disk failures.
My tool does not show deletions before it runs. That is the one lacking feature with what I use and I keep thinking I should get a tool that does give a list first. On the other hand, would I have the patience to wait for the list... I often queue up several backups and then go to bed.
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