{"id":106768,"date":"2022-09-20T08:45:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T15:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=106768"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:37:35","slug":"announcing-backblaze-computer-backup-v8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/announcing-backblaze-computer-backup-v8-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing: Backblaze Computer Backup v8.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bb-bh-B1-v8.5-Announcement.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bb-bh-B1-v8.5-Announcement.png 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bb-bh-B1-v8.5-Announcement-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bb-bh-B1-v8.5-Announcement-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bb-bh-B1-v8.5-Announcement-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bb-bh-B1-v8.5-Announcement-560x319.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Announcing Backblaze Computer Backup 8.5! Our latest release builds on version 8.0\u2019s speed boosts and brings with it not only a redesigned application for Mac and PC, but an improvement to our Safety Freeze feature, which prevents your backups from becoming corrupted. Here\u2019s a brief overview of what\u2019s new for this release:<\/p>\n<h4>macOS and Windows:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Safety Freeze enhancements:<\/strong> improved efficiency and reduced false-positives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual refresh:<\/strong> We\u2019ve completely refreshed both of our client apps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minor text, bug, and performance improvements:<\/strong> We\u2019ve cleaned up some of the language to make things easier to understand and have tightened up some of the code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>macOS:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SwiftUI redesign:<\/strong> the macOS app has been completely redesigned from the ground up using SwiftUI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px; border: 4px solid #eeeeee; border-radius: 12px; max-width: 88%; margin: 25px auto; box-shadow: #aaaaaa 10px 10px 5px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/update.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Update Today<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>In More Detail<\/h2>\n<h3>Safety Freeze Enhancements<\/h3>\n<p>Our Safety Freeze feature is designed to protect your backups and prevent them from being corrupted if something goes wrong on your computer. Over the years we\u2019ve updated the feature based on feedback and tried to make it more transparent to the end user. With the updates in version 8.5, we\u2019ve added a self-healing component which attempts to fix some of the false positives that caused an erroneous Safety Freeze to occur, especially when a user is moving from one computer to another.<\/p>\n<h3>Visual Refresh<\/h3>\n<p>With the Swift redesign on macOS, we felt now would be the perfect time to also change some of the visuals in our apps. We\u2019ve updated both of our client apps to make them better looking, simpler to use, less cluttered, and easier to understand.<\/p>\n<h3>SwiftUI Redesign<\/h3>\n<p>In preparation for macOS Ventura, we\u2019ve rewritten the macOS app in SwiftUI. There\u2019s nothing but good news here. This refresh helps future-proof our macOS app and also keeps the same system efficiency you know and love from Backblaze-built applications.<\/p>\n<h3>General Performance Improvements<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone\u2019s favorite: \u201cgeneral bug fixes and performance improvements.\u201d We\u2019ve also updated and simplified a lot of our client text to go along with the visual refresh and deliver a better, easier-to-understand overall app.<\/p>\n<h2>Backblaze v8.5 Is Available Today: September 20, 2022<\/h2>\n<p>We hope you love this new release! We will be slowly auto-updating all users in the coming weeks, but if you can\u2019t wait and want to update now on your Mac or PC:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right click on the Backblaze icon in your menu or taskbar.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Check for Updates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Download v8.5 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/update.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backblaze Updates<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Also, this version is now the default download on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.backblaze.com<\/a>. Please reach out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/help.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to support<\/a> if you have any questions or if you want to give feedback\u2014we always like to know how things are going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze releases version 8.5. 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