{"id":6101,"date":"2010-07-20T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T00:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/20\/backblaze-release-15-backup-9-gb-files-and-transfer-backup-state\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T07:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:17:21","slug":"backblaze-release-15-backup-9-gb-files-and-transfer-backup-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-release-15-backup-9-gb-files-and-transfer-backup-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Release 1.5: Back Up 9GB Files and Transfer Backup State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/blog-9gb-transfer-backup.jpg\" alt=\"Backblaze 9GB and Transfer Backup update\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Backblaze has made a new release available. All users are scheduled to automatically upgrade over the next two weeks. Below are the enhancements in this release:<\/p>\n<p>Release Date: 7\/20\/10<br \/>\nVersion: 1.5.0<br \/>\nAuto-Update: All Users<\/p>\n<p>In addition to various minor fixes and enhancements, there are two key new features:<\/p>\n<ol>1. Backup of Individual Files up to 9GB<\/ol>\n<p>Despite most photos, songs, and documents being just a few megabytes each, Backblaze has always supported backing up individual files up to 4GB (1,000 times bigger) to ensure we captured even your full-length HD movies. However, once in a while we had users tell us they have even larger files: extra-long HD movies, raw footage from photographers and videographers, Outlook files in certain businesses, and more. So, in this latest release, we added support for backing up uber-large files up to 9GB.<\/p>\n<p>A question we sometimes get asked is: &#8220;My iPhoto, Aperture, or Lightroom file that contains all my pictures is bigger than that. Will it get backed up?&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/help.html#photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yes<\/a><\/em>. All of those store the files individually inside what is called a &#8220;package&#8221; on the Mac. Backblaze sees that it is a package and backs up all the individual files inside of it\u2014which are typically a mere few megabytes.<\/p>\n<p>The default remains 4GB for existing and new installs since this will not be necessary for most people. However, all it takes is a flick of a menu item to change it if you do.<\/p>\n<h3>How Do You Take Advantage of This New Maximum File Size?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/update.htm\">Update<\/a> to the new release (or wait to be auto-updated within two weeks).<\/li>\n<li>Open the Backblaze Preference Panel &gt; Settings &gt; Exclusions.<\/li>\n<li>Change the &#8220;Do not backup files larger than:&#8221; setting to 9,000MB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/blog-windows-9gb.jpg\" alt=\"blog-windows-9gb.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/blog-mac-9gb.jpg\" alt=\"blog-mac-9gb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>2. Transfer Backup State<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Do I need to upload all my data again?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We have heard this question many times in the past. Users upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 or buying new computers to replace old ones want their backup magically tied to their new setup. Transfer Backup State enables this to happen easily.<\/p>\n<h3>When Would You Use Transfer Backup State?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You are upgrading the operating system on your computer.<\/li>\n<li>You are buying a new computer to replace an old computer.<\/li>\n<li>When your old computer died AND you already restored data to your new computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>When Would You NOT Use Transfer Backup State?<\/h3>\n<p>When your old computer died. (Instead, you should restore your data ASAP.)<\/p>\n<h3>How Do You Transfer Backup State?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/help-transfer-backup-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/help-transfer-backup-mac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/blog-transfer-backup-state.jpg\" alt=\"blog-transfer-backup-state.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze has made a new release available. All users are scheduled to automatically upgrade over the next two weeks. Below are the enhancements in this release: Release Date: 7\/20\/10 Version: 1.5.0 Auto-Update: All Users In addition to various minor fixes and enhancements, there are two key new features: 1. 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