{"id":41011,"date":"2015-09-09T14:37:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T21:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=41011"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:45:20","slug":"backblaze-release-4-0-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-release-4-0-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Release 4.0.4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog_new_release.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-wudrp5Mt\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog_new_release.jpg\" alt=\"blog_new_release\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog_new_release.jpg 720w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog_new_release-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog_new_release-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blog_new_release-220x124.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">We\u2019ve updated our Backblaze client to version 4.0.4. This is a fairly minor release; there are a few key changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed with latest Visual Studio 15<\/li>\n<li>Updated to latest OpenSSL, resulting in increased performance and security<\/li>\n<li>Minor tweaks and fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mac:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support for Mac OS X 10.11 &#8220;El Capitan&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Flame icon changes<\/li>\n<li>Minor tweaks and fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Backblaze Online Backup 4.0.4 Details:<\/strong><br \/>\nVersion: 4.0.4 for both Mac OS and Windows.<br \/>\nAvailability: 9-9-2015<br \/>\nUpgrade Methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediately when performing a \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d (Right-click on the Backblaze icon).<\/li>\n<li>Immediately as a download from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/update.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.backblaze.com\/update.htm<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Immediately as the default download on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.backblaze.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions: Please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/help.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve updated our Backblaze client to version 4.0.4. This is a fairly minor release; there are a few key changes. Windows: Designed with latest Visual Studio 15 Updated to latest OpenSSL, resulting in increased performance and security Minor tweaks and fixes Mac: Support for Mac OS X 10.11 &#8220;El Capitan&#8221; Flame icon changes Minor tweaks&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-release-4-0-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Release 4.0.4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":15091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-release","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s New in Backblaze Release 4.0.4<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve updated our Backblaze client to version 4.0.4. 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