{"id":107348,"date":"2022-11-24T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=107348"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:12:32","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-from-backblaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/happy-thanksgiving-from-backblaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving from Backblaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-107349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"6000\" height=\"3417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving.png 6000w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving-1536x875.png 1536w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving-2048x1166.png 2048w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bb-bh-Thanksgi-ving-560x319.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">To all of our readers: Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Backblaze! We\u2019re taking some time to be with <a href=\"\/blog\/holiday-gift-guide-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our families and friends<\/a>, and we hope you are, too.<\/p>\n<p>If your people are anything like ours, we imagine you might be getting asked to fix grandma\u2019s antique desktop computer or explain what the deal is with TikTok to that one bookish friend. Maybe you\u2019re one of those blended families who are still trying to figure out how to share your <a href=\"\/blog\/dont-get-trapped-icloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone pictures<\/a> with the Android users or vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>Never fear\u2014we\u2019ve compiled a list of posts that might come in handy when you\u2019re called upon to be an unofficial IT admin to family or friends. Consider this your guide to being your family\u2019s IT superhero. (Caution: If you do too good a job, they <s>may<\/s> will definitely keep coming to you).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-talk-to-your-family-about-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Talk to Your Family About Backups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/a-guide-for-the-family-it-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Guide for the Family IT Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/keeping-passwords-secret-and-your-data-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keeping Passwords Secret and Your Data Safe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/cloud-storage-vs-backup-to-b1-b2-or-both\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Back Up Your Data Once You\u2019ve Downloaded It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/packing-up-and-backing-up-its-time-for-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backing Up and Packing Up: It\u2019s Time for School<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How-To Guides to Back Up Your Syncing Services and Socials\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-back-up-old-email-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email Accounts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/download-backup-google-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Drive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-download-and-back-up-dropbox-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dropbox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/hold-on-back-up-this-is-how-to-save-your-tiktoks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-back-up-your-twitch-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-download-and-back-up-your-twitter-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/saving-your-uncles-data-how-to-back-up-a-social-media-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-download-and-back-up-youtube-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-back-up-and-restore-whatsapp-messages-and-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fortunately, unofficial IT admin is not a thankless job\u2014prepare to have thanks showered upon you for making the internet work and quite possibly saving Thanksgiving. Don\u2019t forget to set yourself up well for the future by referring them all to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backblaze Personal Backup<\/a>. (Or, just <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/gift.htm?_ga=2.177000428.856177491.1670265456-289863412.1611072790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gift it to them<\/a> and then set it up, since you\u2019re already helping.) Just make sure you get an extra serving of pumpkin pie out of the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving from Backblaze!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":107349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-107348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","tag-consumerbackup","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Thanksgiving from Backblaze<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Happy Thanksgiving from Backblaze! 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