Backblaze automatically backs up all of your data, unless they are explicitly excluded What does Backblaze backup? Backblaze automatically finds your photos, music, documents and data and backs it up. So you never have to worry. Backblaze backs up all of your data You have more important things to do than spend time picking files […]

For Windows XP: From the Start menu, select Control Panels > Add/Remove Programs > Backblaze. Click Uninstall. Backblaze will be completely removed from your system. For Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, and 10:  From the Start menu, select Control Panel > Programs and Features > Backblaze. Click Uninstall/Change. Backblaze will be completely removed from your […]

Backblaze supports and has clients for these operating systems Windows Windows XP (32-bit) Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) Intel Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.x Lion 10.7.x Mountain Lion 10.8.x Mavericks 10.9.x Yosemite 10.10.x El Capitan 10.11.x macOS  Sierra 10.12.x […]

Backblaze Settings Overview (Win) To open the Backblaze Control Panel, you can use either the Start Menu entry or the System Tray icon. If Backblaze has been pinned to your main Start Menu pane, it will appear as on the left below. If it has not, you can find it in the “All Programs” selection, […]

Backblaze Settings Overview (Mac) To open the Backblaze Preferences, you can use either the System Preferences pane, the menu bar icon, or the application file. You will find a screenshot of each below. To access your System Preferences pane, select the “” menu from the top left hand side of your screen and select the […]

Locating Deleted or Previous Versions of Files for Restore First, sign into your account (external link) and navigate to the View/Restore Files page and scroll down. To locate files that have been deleted or removed from your computer, often you need to change the “Files Backed Up From” drop downs on the View/Restore Files page. Leave the “From” side on […]

Creating a Restore: To start, you will need to sign in to the Backblaze website with your registered email address and password. Visit https://secure.backblaze.com/user_signin.htm (external link) to login. Selecting the Backup: Once logged in, you will be brought to the account Overview page. On this page, all of the computers registered for backup under your account are shown […]

If you choose the “Web Download” option, it will depend on the speed of your Internet connection. (For downloads larger than 1 GByte, use the Backblaze Restore Downloader (external link).) Typical home cable or DSL speeds will let you download approximately 1GB per hour. Backblaze will need to prepare your files in to a zip for download, […]