Backblaze<\/strong> to keep a copy of my image files on a Cloud server. Their offer is reasonable – 50$\/year for unlimited space – so I signed up on the 15th of April and started my initial backup.<\/p>\nThings chugged along ok for a couple of weeks, and when I checked, 777Gb of data had been copied (I have 4,7Tb to copy in total…)<\/p>\n
Then on the 2nd of May my iMac restarted itself when it installed an Apple update (Like an idiot, I forgot to ‘uncheck’ the ‘automatic install’ of updates.)<\/p>\n
When the machine restarted, so did the backup – but for some strange reason there were only 146 Gb of data on the Backblaze<\/strong> servers.<\/p>\nI sent a message to their help desk – the reply (from a certain ‘Christopher’) bore no relation to the question I had asked. I had simply restated the details (above) and received a mail explaining why files were marked for copying etc.<\/p>\n
No Christopher – first, read the f****g question.<\/p>\n
I wrote back, asking whether or not they had actually read my original mail, only to receive another unintelligible mail.<\/p>\n
I also downloaded the IOS app for Backblaze<\/strong> so that I could check on progress on my telephone. It should<\/em> allow touch recognition to start the app (instead of having to type in the e-mail address and password each time) and asks if you want to set this up when you install the app. This doesn’t work either.<\/p>\nSo after my brief experience with them, I’m very disappointed – if only I could get a REAL<\/strong> response to my (simple) question – frankly I cannot recommend a system where the A: users questions are ignored, and B: bits don’t function.<\/p>\nSadly I’ve paid my 50$ and I doubt I’ll get that back, but I am looking around for an alternative backup system…<\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nIn fairness to Backblaze, I’ve just had an understandable answer (took a while guys…) were ‘Robert’ (AKA ‘Christopher’) informs me that they seem to think something on my computer is generating ‘extra’ files which are being uploaded. I can’t imagine where they come from, or indeed what they are – and of course, there’s STILL no explanation for the sudden DECREASE in the file count. They suggest restarting the computer and seeing what happens…<\/span><\/p>\n…so I have.<\/p>\n
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