# Which apps can make automatic backups?

The desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux, the Android app and the iPhone app all write backups into the folder you pick, with no click. In the browser, Chrome, Edge and other browsers built on Chrome do the same, after you allow PrivacyNotes to write to the folder ([why the browser asks again](https://privacynotes.app/help/backup-browser-permission)).

Firefox and Safari cannot write into a folder. There, PrivacyNotes tells you when a backup is due, and one click on "Download backup" saves the file to your downloads. The desktop app also makes backups while its window is closed to the tray ([when a backup runs](https://privacynotes.app/help/backup-app-closed)).

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Source: https://privacynotes.app/help/automatic-backup-apps