{"id":51251,"date":"2016-03-10T17:52:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T01:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=51251"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:45:41","slug":"backblaze-release-4-0-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-release-4-0-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Release 4.0.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">We\u2019ve updated our Backblaze Personal Backup and Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/pricing\">Business Backup<\/a> clients to Version 4.0.5. This is a minor release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated the Command Line install\/uninstall capability by adding a silent uninstall option. <em>Note:<\/em> Command Line install\/uninstall is primarily used by Backblaze Business Backup customers.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an isolated data upload bug that could cause large files to be uploaded more than once.<\/li>\n<li>Updated copyright to 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Minor tweaks and fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mac:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated the Command Line install\/uninstall capability by adding a silent uninstall option. <em> Note:<\/em> Command Line install\/uninstall is primarily used by Backblaze Business Backup customers.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an isolated data upload bug that could cause large files to be uploaded more than once.<\/li>\n<li>Inoculated <a href=\"\/blog\/adobe-creative-cloud-update-bug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">against Adobe Creative Cloud<\/a> from deleting &#8220;.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/bzvol.html\">bzvol<\/a>&#8221; files.<\/li>\n<li>Updated copyright to 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Minor tweaks and fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Backblaze Services Affected:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backblaze Personal Backup.<\/li>\n<li>Backblaze Business Backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Availability:<\/strong> March 10, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Auto-Update:<\/strong> Not at this time, see Upgrade Methods below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upgrade Methods:<\/strong><\/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 Backblaze Support at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/help.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/help.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve updated our Backblaze Personal Backup and Backblaze Business Backup clients to Version 4.0.5. 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Fixed an isolated data upload bug that could cause large files&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-release-4-0-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Release 4.0.5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":30781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,2],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-51251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-release","tag-consumerbackup","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s New in Backblaze Release 4.0.5<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve updated our Backblaze Personal Backup and Backblaze Business Backup clients to Version 4.0.5. 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