3 problems:

1. When my database is backing up with this plugin, it shows there to be 5.3 mb total, but when the download finishes, it shows the size as 1.5 mb. (Is this because it was zipped?)

What has me even more perplexed is that on my server's database, it shows that the total size is 40mb??? Why would there be such a difference?

2. When I schedule back ups, they never go, the date is set right, and I hit "schedule backup", but it only will go if I hit "backup now" manually.

3. Once I have it backed up to my computer, if I ever have a lost post (which happened recently), how do I retrieve it from the file that was backed up to my hard drive?

Thanks so much for your help!
Kelly