Backblaze Release 2.1

Backblaze has made a new release available. Below are the enhancements in this release:

Release Date: 10/12/12
Version: 2.1
Auto-Update: None

Windows

Fixed downloader to support really unusual Japanese characters in computer names
Changed text in a Notification Dialog from “More Options…” to “Settings….”

Mac

Made “Backblaze Flame” icon “Retina” resolution on retina displays
Adapted Backblaze to new iPhoto Library on-disk folder structure and iTunes folder structure (exclude cache files and podcasts as has always been done)

Both Operating Systems

Added scripting option “bztransmit -pausebackup” so you can pause the backup from the command line
Improved Chinese translations
Slightly enhanced bandwidth optimization when validating files

You can download the latest client here!

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About Gleb Budman

Gleb Budman is a co-founder and has served as our chief executive officer since 2007, guiding the business from its inception in a Palo Alto apartment to a company serving customers in more than 175 countries with over an exabyte of data under management. Gleb has served as a member of our board of directors since 2009 and as chairperson since January 2021. Prior to Backblaze, Gleb was the senior director of product management at SonicWall and the vice president of products at MailFrontier, which was acquired by SonicWall. Before that, he served in a senior position at Kendara, which was acquired by Excite@Home, and previously founded and successfully exited two other startup companies.