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Retrospect 16.5 Agen Schmitz 3 comments

Retrospect 16.5

Adds support for macOS 10.15 Catalina and introduces a redesigned user interface for larger-scale environments. ($49 for Solo and $119 for Desktop new, free update, 158 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.10 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.10

Adds support for macOS 10.15 Catalina. ($39.99 new, free update, 15.9 MB)

ChronoSync 4.9.4 Agen Schmitz No comments

ChronoSync 4.9.4

Maintenance release for the synchronization and backup app with a smattering of bug fixes and improvements. ($49.99 new, free update, 66.8 MB)

ChronoSync 4.9.3 Agen Schmitz No comments

ChronoSync 4.9.3

Maintenance release for the synchronization and backup app. ($49.99 new for ChronoSync, free updates; 66.8 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.9 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.9

Fixes a bug that could lead the drive-cloning and backup utility to conclude incorrectly that a Google Drive volume is not mounted. ($39.99 new, free update, 15.7 MB)

Adam Engst 52 comments

Backing Up VM Image Files to Internet Backup Services

Code42 has announced that it will be preventing CrashPlan users from backing up applications and VM image files—is this just a selfish move to reduce storage needs? After chatting with Code42 competitor Backblaze, Adam Engst discovers there’s more to it. And there are alternatives.

Adam Engst 2 comments

How to Work with and Restore APFS Snapshots

Regular Mac users don’t need to mess around with APFS snapshots, but if you’re a power user, Rich Trouton’s instructions for creating, managing, and using APFS snapshots could be invaluable.

Mail Archiver X 5.0 Agen Schmitz No comments

Mail Archiver X 5.0

Long-standing email archiver updates mail parser and adds support for Dark mode in macOS 10.14 Mojave. ($44.95 new, free update, 151 MB)

Dave Kitabjian 13 comments

CloudBerry Backup for macOS: Feature-Rich but Unreliable

CloudBerry Backup is a powerful and elegant desktop backup product for the Mac, but it suffers from troubling performance and reliability issues that will make you want to look elsewhere to protect your data.

ChronoSync 4.9.2 Agen Schmitz No comments

ChronoSync 4.9.2

Maintenance release for the synchronization and backup app. ($49.99 new for ChronoSync, free updates; 66.8 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.8 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.8

Maintenance release for the drive-cloning and backup utility with bug fixes and improvements. ($39.99 new, free update, 15.7 MB)

Adam Engst 10 comments

Backblaze Increases Pricing for Unlimited Backup

Online backup service Backblaze will soon increase the price of its unlimited plan from $5 to $6 per month. Annual and bi-annual discounts will remain available, and current subscribers can extend subscriptions by a year at the old rates.

Josh Centers 13 comments

Backblaze 6.0 Promises “Larger Longer Faster Better” Backups

Backblaze has rolled out a major 6.0 update that improves performance, increases restore drive sizes, and offers options for permanent backup storage, among other things.

ChronoSync 4.9.1 and ChronoAgent 1.9.1 Agen Schmitz No comments

ChronoSync 4.9.1 and ChronoAgent 1.9.1

Maintenance release for the synchronization and backup app and its helper utility. ($49.99 new for ChronoSync, $14.99 new for ChronoAgent; free updates; 66.7 MB, 25.4 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.7 Agen Schmitz 4 comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.7

Proactively warns about configurations specific to Macs with a T2 security chip that will produce non-bootable results. ($39.99 new, free update, 16.4 MB)