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Below are the enhancements in this release:<\/p>\n<p>Release Date: 10\/12\/12<br \/>\nVersion: 2.1<br \/>\nAuto-Update: None<\/p>\n<h2>Windows<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed downloader to support really unusual Japanese characters in computer names<\/li>\n<li>Changed text in a Notification Dialog from &#8220;More Options&#8230;&#8221; to &#8220;Settings&#8230;.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mac<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Made &#8220;Backblaze Flame&#8221; icon &#8220;Retina&#8221; resolution on retina displays<\/li>\n<li>Adapted Backblaze to new iPhoto Library on-disk folder structure and iTunes folder structure (exclude cache files and podcasts as has always been done)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Both Operating Systems<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Added scripting option &#8220;bztransmit -pausebackup&#8221; so you can pause the backup from the command line<\/li>\n<li>Improved Chinese translations<\/li>\n<li>Slightly enhanced bandwidth optimization when validating files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can download the latest client <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/update.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>All users are automatically auto-updated for major version updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze has made a new release available. 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