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Hi Ewoud,

It's actually pretty straightforward. Those backup files are just like any other regular backup file. You can download all of the parts (.jpa, .j01, .j02, ...) to your local machine and restore them as per the instructions in our Video Tutorials or our Quick Start Guide. The reason there is no specific documentation for restoring "from Amazon S3" is that Akeeba Backup only produces backup archives; where they're stored is completely irrelevant to the restoration. You just have to download/upload those files to wherever you want them restored and follow the documented procedure.

The thing is, how do you download files from Amazon S3? OK, even though that's not part of our regular support, I have some user tips for you. The easiest method is by using the free S3Fox add-on for the Firefox web browser. If you are on a Mac, you can also use Cyberduck (it supports S3 out of the box). On Windows you can always use CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3. They have a free version which is more than decent and their paid version is just brilliant (and very cheap for what they offer). If you're on Linux, the only reliable software I know is S3Fox. You can also use Amazon's AWS Management Console, a web-based file manager which allows you to transfer files between S3 and your computer, as well as manage files stored on S3.

Regarding getting rid of old backups, you can use the "Enable remote quotas" in Akeeba Backup's Configuration page to apply the Count and Size quotas to remotely stored files (i.e. files stored on Amazon S3) or you can use the super-convenient "Enable maximum backup age quotas" to keep only the backups from the X last days and the backup taken on the Yth of every last month, where X and Y are configurable. This is the recommended approach with X=31 and Y=1, which keeps a month's worth of backups and the backup taken on the 1st of each month.

You're welcome :)