

Our goal was to charge $5/month for unlimited data storage for one computer. Over on the Backblaze blog, they recapped some of the history.īack in 2007, when we started Backblaze, there wasn’t a whole lot of affordable choices for storing large quantities of data. In September 2009, their red 4U storage server came equipped with 45 hard drives with 67 terabytes of storage for just $7,867. With Backblaze, you can download all of your files, or have them mailed to you on a USB drive. If you have a fire, flood, or theft, a local Time Machine backup might not be useable. Today, Backblaze has announced the tenth anniversary of the first release of the Backblaze Storage Pod.īackblaze offers unlimited backup (including attached USB drives) for only $6 per month. I’ve been a subscriber for many years, and I have no plans of leaving anytime soon. While cloud-backups weren’t new to me when I came across them, having a native macOS app for a cloud-backup service was something I knew I wanted.

Learn more about transferring files and backup.I’ve been a big fan of Backblaze for years now.

A checkmark means the entire contents of the folder will be restored.Check the boxes next to entire folders to restore (left column) or just the files you need (right column).Type in the search box or navigate through the folders on the drive until you find what you need.Choose a machine on the left side and a date/time when the desired version of the files/folders were still on the drive.Choose an option – usually download a zip file for free.Find the computer that contained the file and click Restore File.Enter the email address & password for the Backblaze account and click Sign In.Click Sign In to Restore on the right side.Place on the drive where they were before the loss.īackBlaze may not be your primary line of defense. You shouldn’t need Backblaze if the Time Machine backup is working - use Time Machine first since it does hourly backups, it’s easier and there’s no delay for downloads. This allows you to transfer files back to the same Helpful to use the computer that actually contained the files you need You can restore files from Backblaze to any computer.
