Plans and history windows

Yester, Yester Pro and Yester Max differ only in how far back you can go — 90 days, 1 year or 5 years. Priced per Mac by built-in storage.

Every plan backs up the whole Mac, every hour

Plans don’t change what is backed up or how often. They change how far back you can go for older versions and deleted files, and what kind of help you get.

PlanGo back as far asRestoresSupport
Yester90 daysAnything, by downloadEmail
Yester Pro1 yearPlus a couriered drive for big restores, at costPriority
Yester Max5 yearsPlus one couriered restore a year included24/7

Priced per Mac, by built-in storage

The price depends on the Mac’s built-in storage, not on how much you use: 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB. Yester reads the size at setup. Plan prices are shown as plain totals on the pricing page. Yearly billing is ten months — two months free.

What “kept while paid” means

The current state of everything you pay for is kept for as long as you pay, connected or not. The plan window governs only history: an older version, or a file you deleted, stays restorable until it passes the window. Yester thins history as it ages (hourly for a day, daily for a month, weekly after that) so a five-year window is a year-by-year record, not 43,000 hourly copies.

“Go back as far as” on the Overview screen shows the actual date you can reach on your plan.

Fair use on Yester Max

Yester Max keeps up to five times your Mac’s built-in storage in version history. Almost nobody gets near it; if you do, Yester tells you before anything changes. Details are in the terms.

Changing plan

Switch plans from the account page or Devices & Plan in the app. Moving up extends the window from that day; moving down shortens it, and versions past the new window are removed on the normal schedule.

Drives

Drives have no plan of their own: £6.99 per TB a month, kept while paid, versions following your longest Mac plan (at least 90 days). See External drives.

Replacing a Mac

When you restore a backup onto a new Mac, the new Mac takes over the old Mac’s subscription line and its whole history. Nothing is paid twice.