Coming from Genie Backup Manager 9
Genie Backup Manager, rebuilt.
Your drives, bought once, on your PC. Now with a new engine, Find and Ask Genie.
The same name, a new engine.
GBM 9
The last of the old line
Still running on PCs that never needed a change.
2026
Genie Backup Manager AI
Rebuilt from the ground up, by the same company.
Today
Both, side by side
Install it alongside. GBM 9 keeps its own backups.
What stays the same.
Your drives
Disks, USB and NAS. Not our cloud.
Bought once
A licence you keep. No subscription.
Your PC
Windows, under your control.
The same people
Made by Genie9, who made GBM 9.
What is better.
A rebuilt engine
Four backup types, open files, verified runs.
Find
Search every backup, drive unplugged.
Restores that wait
Start it now; it runs when the drive is back.
18 languages, ARM64
Right-to-left included. Native on Snapdragon.
Ask Genie: a backup in a sentence
Describe a backup in a sentence.
S3 when you want itPro
Your own bucket, in your own account.
A second copy elsewhereHome
Each backup copied to another drive, NAS or bucket.
Backups nobody can deletePro
Locked in your S3 bucket for the days you choose.
GBM AI ServerServer
Windows Server 2016 to 2025, Server Core included.
Six things to know before you switch.
No job import
GBM 9 job files don’t convert. Recreate them, or ask Genie.
Old sets, old app
Keep GBM 9 to read its own backups.
No system image
Files and folders here. Bare-metal recovery is coming, as an add-on for Server.
New keys
GBM 9 and BigMind Desktop keys don’t work.
No discs or FTP
Disks, USB drives, NAS and S3-compatible storage.
No plug-ins
Smart items cover Outlook, browsers and common apps.
Moving over, safely.
Nothing touches your GBM 9 backups.
- 1
Install alongside
They don’t interfere.
- 2
Recreate your jobs
In the wizard, or tell Genie.
- 3
Run and verify
The report shows every file checked.
- 4
Retire GBM 9
When you are ready, or keep it.
Need the old app again to open old backups? Your old key still works with it: GBM 9 Home, Pro, Server; Genie Timeline 10 Home, Pro, Server.