{"id":112,"date":"2009-04-14T14:29:58","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T21:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/backblaze-launches-mac-version\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:30:49","slug":"backblaze-launches-mac-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-launches-mac-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Launches Mac Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/blog_post_maclaunch.jpg\" alt=\"Mac launch\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Backblaze loves the Mac, and even tried to <a href=\"\/blog\/bring-back-steve-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bring back Steve Jobs<\/a>, so we&#8217;re very excited today to make our unlimited online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/solutions\/backup-and-archive\">backup service<\/a> available to all Mac users.<\/p>\n<p>With half the founding team originally from Apple, we couldn&#8217;t wait to support the Mac platform. We&#8217;re thrilled to do so and to see some of the reactions so far:<\/p>\n<p>TUAW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009-04-14-backblaze-for-mac-officially-launches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze for Mac officially launches<\/a><br \/>\nMacWorld: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/139991\/2009\/04\/backblaze.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BackBlaze online backup debuts for Mac<\/a><br \/>\nTechCrunch: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/04\/14\/backblazes-online-backup-solution-for-macs-hits-public-beta-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze\u2019s Online Backup Solution For Macs<\/a><br \/>\nTidBits: <a href=\"http:\/\/db.tidbits.com\/article\/10206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze Publicly Launches Online Backup Service for Macs<\/a><br \/>\nVentureBeat: <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2009\/04\/14\/simple-backup-service-backblaze-now-available-to-all-mac-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simple backup service Backblaze now available to all Mac users<\/a><br \/>\nTheAppleBlog: Backblaze for Mac Now Live<br \/>\nDownload.com: Easy backups for Mac: BackBlaze<br \/>\n5ThirtyOne: <a href=\"http:\/\/5thirtyone.com\/archives\/2049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze: Secure unlimited automatic backups for $5<\/a><br \/>\nMacsimumNews: Backblaze announces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\/mac-online-backup\">Mac Online Backup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At its core, Backblaze for the Mac delivers on the same vision\u2014making backup simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing is simple\u2014just download, enter an email and password; you&#8217;re done.<\/li>\n<li>Running it is simple\u2014nothing to do; backs up continuously and automatically.<\/li>\n<li>Pricing is simple\u2014$5\/month or $50\/year per computer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/company\/news.html\">unlimited storage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Restoring is simple\u2014select any files; download or we&#8217;ll FedEx a DVD or <a href=\"\/blog\/life-and-times-of-a-backblaze-hard-drive\/\">hard drive<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a screenshot of the Mac Preference Pane:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/blog_systemprefs_550.jpg\" alt=\"Mac Preference Pane\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the underlying backup system was always <a href=\"\/blog\/10-rules-for-how-to-write-cross-platform-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">developed cross-platform<\/a>, during the <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze-launches-mac-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beta<\/a> we also learned a lot from feedback from thousand of users, resulting in us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving notifications<\/li>\n<li>Starting to backup resource forks<\/li>\n<li>Adding an uninstaller to the install package<\/li>\n<li>Excluding numerous extra application-specific temp file directories<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and many other items that we built\/fixed\/changed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also learned Mac users love their external drives, with some users having as many as six USB or Firewire drives connected to one system.<\/p>\n<p>While we always supported backing up external drives, we developed a new interface that shows which drives are connected\/disconnected, selected for backup or not, or Boot Camp\/Time Machine. Now, not only does Backblaze automatically backup external drives&#8230; but provides an at-a-glance view of the status.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/blog_settings_550.jpg\" alt=\"Mac Settings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze loves the Mac, and even tried to bring back Steve Jobs, so we&#8217;re very excited today to make our unlimited online backup service available to all Mac users. With half the founding team originally from Apple, we couldn&#8217;t wait to support the Mac platform. We&#8217;re thrilled to do so and to see some of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-launches-mac-version\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Launches Mac Version<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,5,2],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-mac-love","category-release","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>It&#039;s Here: Backblaze Officially Launches Its Native Mac Version<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backblaze loves the Mac, and even tried to bring back Steve Jobs, so we&#039;re very excited today to make our unlimited online backup service available to all\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-launches-mac-version\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It&#039;s Here: Backblaze Officially Launches Its Native Mac Version\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Backblaze loves the Mac, and even tried to bring back Steve Jobs, so we&#039;re very excited today to make our unlimited online backup service available to all\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-launches-mac-version\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage &amp; 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