It may be helpful to use the computer that actually contained the files you need if its available. This would be fine if it was just an external drive for my Mac, but as it's my media drive for a Raspberry Pi, those formats don't seem to work well on the Pi (issues with mounting as read-only, stability concerns about disabling journalling, etc). You can restore files from Backblaze to any computer.
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Every few weeks I would plug the external drive into my mac and leave it on overnight to keep it active in Backblaze. Backblaze Business Backup extends your data protection with automatic Mac-native laptop and desktop backups, for 60/computer/year. The original external drive is 500 GB and formatted as FAT32. I checked with support on the website, and they said I should only use HFS+ or APFS drives with Backblaze on a Mac. I'm running Backblaze on my Mac, backing up my internal drive and an external drive that I use as a media drive for a plex server running on a Raspberry Pi. Then I connected it to my mac, selected it in the list of drives (it had the same name as the old drive but appeared as a separate drive) and all seemed OK, but it's not appearing in Backblaze online. I formatted this as ExFAT (as I didn't think FAT32 could support 4TB disks) copied all the data over and verified it was all working in the Pi, added a few new media files-all good. Extended Version History: Retain files versions for one year or. Unlimited, secure, off-site backup for your business.
Easily protect your business data through a centrally managed admin. So I've bought a new external drive, a 4TB WD Elements. Using the joint light-touch solution from Backblaze and MSP360, you now have a powerful backup solution that is simple to use, feature-rich, and affordable. This external drive has started to fail-it doesn't spin up immediately and occasionally drops off. Every few weeks I would plug the external drive into my mac and leave it on overnight to keep it active in Backblaze. Its just a small application that runs in the menu bar of your mac and it. Installer/Backblaze Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/bzinstallmate -nogui. You can relax knowing that all of your master files are stored safely in the cloud. The original external drive is 500 GB and formatted as FAT32. Backblaze provides a fantastic set of command-line utilities which make it ideal. Thanks to Photo Joseph for the Backblaze conversation which. I'm running Backblaze on my Mac, backing up my internal drive and an external drive that I use as a media drive for a plex server running on a Raspberry Pi. What does that mean for a mac user seeking backup service. Hi folks, I've been going round in circles trying to figure out the best approach to take, and hoping I can get some advice from you all.