For security reasons, Windows and Macintosh have been locking up the app execution folders tighter and tighter and tighter.īut what we (Backblaze) should do is either provide a little interface in the Backblaze client to automatically copy folder to folder once a day, or provide instructions on how to do this on the Mac and Windows for customers. We heard a few complaints about this 10 years ago, but it's been pretty quiet since then. Having to fuss about manually copying my specific program file data into some other folder just for it to get backed up This is frustrating to me because I'm currently desperate to get the hell out of Carbonite, and Backblaze was looking pretty great until I realized this one core limitation that sort of throws my actual backup plan out of the window. So while I appreciate Backblaze's stance, I think it's unfortunately very naïve to believe valuable data would never exist in this folder (even under modern circumstances), and having to fuss about manually copying my specific program file data into some other folder just for it to get backed up is in violation on their core philosophy here. Additionally, if you've ever used a digital audio workstation to make music for awhile now, there's a decent chance your VSTPlugins folder ended up in Program Files (by default)- and these are 1000% *definitely* worth backing up (some of these are vaporware and I couldn't redownload from the developer if my life depended on it). While it's true storing user data in this folder has been discouraged, it's not strictly enforced and there are still a ton of legacy apps that do it (like my versions of Photoshop & 3DSMax store their user prefs/configs/plugins here). Therefore, we automatically select all your data.īut this is immediately sorta wrecked by excluding the Program Files folder altogether.
We believe you should not need to worry whether you selected all the files you care about, put any files in a different location on your computer, or added any new files that may not be included in your online backup. The Backblaze service backs up all your data. If you are using Linux, you probably aren't the average Mom & Pop user.Just to skip to the chase, I've already read threads like this one that are now archived and un-replyable.īackblaze's philosophy on their website states
BACKBLAZE FOR MAC BACKUP OUTLOOK SOFTWARE
With that said, we really pride ourselves on easy to use software, so it goes against everything in our DNA to release software with NO GUI at all, but maybe we'll give that a serious thought. There is also a throttle in there if you don't want Backblaze to utterly destroy your network uplink, and a few other small settings. So bzinfo.xml is basically a flat list of excluded folders you do not want backed up. The one main one the GUI writes out is called bzinfo.xml and is found on any Mac system at /Library/Backblaze/bzdata/bzinfo.xml and on any Windows Vista or later system at C:\ProgramData\Backblaze\bzdata\bzinfo.xmlīackblaze is designed to be used with absolutely no configuration (for many users they have no idea where their Outlook.pst file is and we don't think they should have to know), and the only way we could figure out how to make this work was to backup EVERYTHING on your system unless you explicitly exclude it. Honestly, the XML files are pretty simple.
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