![]() ![]() TidBITS member Peter Erbland said, “It seems like it is defeating the purpose of an offsite cloud backup in case of a catastrophic loss of data.” ![]() Needless to say, Code42’s announcement perturbed some users, who notified us of the change. Seriously? Code42 is actually admitting that CrashPlan may not back up large files correctly? Isn’t that Job #1 for any backup app? We have always recommended you not include applications or large files in your selection as they may not backup correctly. More troubling is the comment earlier on in the note, which says: That’s obvious, no? If you eliminate large files from a backup, everything will run faster (and Code42 won’t need to add storage as quickly). #1661: Mimestream app for Gmail, auto-post WordPress headlines to Twitter and Mastodon, My Photo Stream shutting downĬode 42, makers of the CrashPlan backup service for small businesses (but not individuals, see “ CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups,” 22 August 2017), has announced that, starting in May 2019, the service would no longer allow users to back up applications, virtual machine image files from apps like Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion, and some backup files.Ĭode42 explains the change by saying that excluding these files will likely result in smaller backup archives and faster restores, syncs, and backups.#1662: New Macs, 12 top OS features for 2023, vertical tabs in Web browsers, watchOS 9.5.1.#1663: Exploring the Apple Vision Pro, 12 more OS features coming in 2023, new Apple service features, Apollo shuts down.#1664: Real system requirements for OS 2023, beware Siri creating alarms instead of timers.#1665: Important OS security updates, abusive Web notifications, solve myopia with an iPhone, Self Service Repair.Files Accumulated in Forever Version History: Please note, if your back is set to any other version history besides Forever Version history, this option will not appear for you. Files Backed Up in the Last Week: This will display only files backed up in the last weekģ. Show hidden Files: This will display data normally hidden from the default viewĢ. You now have the option of applying the following filters to your file view on the "View/Restore Files" page. Please note: You can now apply filters to your view on the "View/Restore Files" page We also offer extended version history options, either 1-year or forever, for an additional cost per backup. "Missing drive" email reminders are sent at 14, 21, and 28 days since a drive was last seen by our servers. After 30 days, the deleted or removed files are expunged from the Backblaze backup and securely erased. When a file, folder or drive is no longer available to Backblaze because it's been deleted, removed, or a drive has failed or is disconnected, but the computer continues contacting our servers, the already backed up data will be retained for 30 days and is available to be restored. This same process applies to locating previous versions of files. Using this method, the backup snapshot can be rolled back as far as the current version history setting allows, 30 days by default.īy default, the Backblaze Online Backup service has a running 30-day version history. The file viewer will reload and you will be able to navigate to the location of the deleted files. Leave the " From" side on " Beginning of Backup" and set the " To" side to a date when the files you are looking for existed on your computer. To locate files that have been deleted or removed from your computer, often you need to change the " Files Backed Up From" drop down on the View/Restore Files page. Locating Deleted or Previous Versions of Files for Restoreįirst, sign into your account and navigate to the View/Restore Files page and scroll down. ![]()
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