Backblaze backs up everything on your computer except your operating system, applications, temporary files, or those over 4GB.
Whether directly connected or over WiFi, If you are connected to the Internet, you are backing up.
Backblaze has developed a unique FSCAN Engine that ensures no slowdown of your computer; how fast you can backup is limited only by your Internet connection.
Typical home connections can backup online 2 - 4 GB per day. Backblaze provides a throttle option if you want to use more or less of your Internet connection.
Backblaze de-duplicates, compresses, and backs up incrementally to backup as efficiently as possible. Have the same photo stored twice? Backblaze will de-duplicate to back it up just once; if you restore, it will be put back in both places. Have some large files?
Backblaze will compress them when possible. Change a file multiple times? Backblaze will only backs up the changes.
Here are some key features of "Backblaze":
Backup all Your Data:
· With the exception of your operating system, applications, or temporary files.
Files up to 4 GB in Size:
· This can be lowered in the preference panel.
· iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom use library bundles that will be backed up at any size.
Connected Drives:
· USB drive and internal drives connected at the time of the install or added later in the settings panel.
Not Network Drives:
· Currently we do not backup network drives (NAS drives).
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Complete Snow Leopard Support
· Re-written installer to support Snow Leopard security model.
· 64-bit support for higher performance.
· Backblaze Preference Pane properly morphs from System Preference Pane.
· (Note: previous version supported, but this one has complete standards adherence.)
Additional Exclusions:
· Excluded 2 GB sleep image (RAM snapshot from when laptop went to sleep.)
· Excluded all dot folders in /Users/ which should not be backed up.
Sped Up Indexing:
· New files are detected quicker by no longer indexing /Network, which is not backed up anyway.
Enhanced Localization:
· More accurate internationalized numbers and dates for each locale.
Other:
· Fixed bug where Backblaze icon & popups sometimes would not appear.
· Fixed code signing to generate appropriate log warnings.
· Added new file types to reports.
· Fixed sorting bug when a folder is added to the Exclusions list.
