{"id":145,"date":"2009-07-17T11:58:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/17\/syncplicity-shutting-off-mac-users\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:12:41","slug":"syncplicity-shutting-off-mac-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/syncplicity-shutting-off-mac-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Syncplicity Shutting Off Mac Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/blog_post_syncplicity.jpg\" alt=\"Syncplicity shutting off Mac\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Backblaze welcomes all Syncplicity users with a 15% off coupon!<\/p>\n<p>While synchronization and backup are not the same, some users try to use sync as a form of backup. Synchronization provider Syncplicity had a Mac version in beta for a while&#8230;but last week announced they are pulling the plug on it because of technical issues.<\/p>\n<p>Were you using Syncplicity Mac beta to backup computers?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/buy.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up with Backblaze<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/company\/news.html\">Unlimited storage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Just $5 per month or $50 per year (half the price you were paying)<\/li>\n<li>A 15% coupon off your initial purchase (COUPON: SYNC2BLAZE15)<\/li>\n<li>A company that adores the Mac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that you need to use the coupon by July 31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2009\u2014the day Syncplicity shuts off service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze welcomes all Syncplicity users with a 15% off coupon! While synchronization and backup are not the same, some users try to use sync as a form of backup. Synchronization provider Syncplicity had a Mac version in beta for a while&#8230;but last week announced they are pulling the plug on it because of technical issues.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/syncplicity-shutting-off-mac-users\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Syncplicity Shutting Off Mac Users<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[131,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-offers","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syncplicity Pricing and Why They&#039;re Shutting Off Mac Users<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backblaze welcomes all Syncplicity users with a 15% off coupon! 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