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Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.6 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.6

Improves handling of Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive File Stream, Dropbox, and iCloud Drive placeholder files. ($39.99 new, free update, 16.3 MB)

Adam Engst 38 comments

CrashPlan for Home Ends Today

If you’ve had your head in the sand about the impending discontinuation of CrashPlan for Home, today is the day your backups will stop working and all your CrashPlan Central data will be deleted.

Adam Engst 17 comments

Follow These Steps to Enable Backblaze for Mojave

The Backblaze Mac client can’t back up all your data in macOS 10.14 Mojave unless you give it full disk access, and its companion menu bar utility also needs automation permissions. Follow Backblaze’s instructions to restore full functionality.

SuperDuper 3.2 Agen Schmitz 4 comments

SuperDuper 3.2

Brings support for macOS 10.14 Mojave, including full disk access and automation prompting. ($27.95 new, free update, 17.1 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.5 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.5

Proactively prompts you to grant Full Disk Access to CCC and its helper tool in macOS 10.14 Mojave. ($39.99 new, free update, 16.3 MB)

Retrospect 15.5 Agen Schmitz No comments

Retrospect 15.5

Introduces a new subscription licensing model and adds support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra. ($49 for Solo and $119 for Desktop new, free update, 191 MB)

Josh Centers 9 comments

How to Restore Files from Backblaze

Do you subscribe to Backblaze—or perhaps you’re looking into the online backup service? While backup is easy and automatic, restoring takes more work. Josh Centers explains the process of restoring files over the Internet and reveals a little-known way to restore a single file at a time.

ChronoSync 4.8.7 Agen Schmitz No comments

ChronoSync 4.8.7

Maintenance release with Amazon S3 improvements and fixes for several niggling bugs. ($49.99 new, free update, 48.9 MB)

Retrospect 15.1.1 Agen Schmitz No comments

Retrospect 15.1.1

Maintenance release brings EU GDPR data compliance and a variety of improvements. ($49 for Solo and $119 for Desktop new, upgrade pricing available, 189 MB)

Glenn Fleishman 69 comments

Roll Your Own Cloud Backups with Arq and B2

Until now, Internet backups required subscribing to a cloud-based backup service and using proprietary software to handle archiving and retrieval. Now, there’s a DIY alternative: Arq backup software and Backblaze’s B2 cloud storage system.

SuperDuper 3.1.6 Agen Schmitz 5 comments

SuperDuper 3.1.6

Maintenance release for the drive-cloning and backup app brings improvements and bug fixes. ($27.95 new, free update, 5.8 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1

Introduces support for using and working with APFS snapshots. ($39.99 new, free update, 14.9 MB)

ChronoSync 4.8.6 Agen Schmitz No comments

ChronoSync 4.8.6

Adds support for the Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage service. ($49.99 new, free update, 48.9 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0.8 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0.8

Fixes a bug introduced in the previous version that led to errors when mounting a network volume. ($39.99 new, free update, 13.6 MB)

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0.4 Agen Schmitz No comments

Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0.4

Maintenance release for the drive-cloning and backup app resolves a variety of bugs. ($39.99 new, free update, 13.6 MB)