{"id":6281,"date":"2013-09-13T17:08:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=3545"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:38:06","slug":"battery-powered-backups-its-your-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/battery-powered-backups-its-your-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Powered Backups: It\u2019s Your Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blog-backup-on-battery.jpg\" alt=\"blog-backup-on-battery\" width=\"560\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blog-backup-on-battery.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blog-backup-on-battery-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Laptops will make up more than half of the computers sold in 2013. With that in mind, we wanted to let you know about a great little feature in Backblaze&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal Backup<\/a> that lets you choose whether or not we will back up the data from your laptop while it is on battery power.<\/p>\n<h3>Making the Choice<\/h3>\n<p>On your system, open the Backblaze Preferences panel. Choose the \u201cSettings\u201d button and then select the \u201cPerformance\u201d tab. You will see a window similar to one of those shown below. Make your selection, and then press \u201cApply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Mac-Battery-Power.jpg\" alt=\"Mac - Battery Power\" width=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Mac-Battery-Power.jpg 681w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Mac-Battery-Power-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Mac-Battery-Power-560x454.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Backblaze Performance Preferences: Mac<br \/>\n(This example shows the \u201cBackup when on battery power\u201d setting off.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PC-Battery-Pwer.jpg\" alt=\"PC Battery Power\" width=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PC-Battery-Pwer.jpg 611w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PC-Battery-Pwer-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PC-Battery-Pwer-560x445.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Backup Performance Preferences: PC<br \/>\n(This example shows the \u201cBackup when on battery power\u201d setting on.)<\/p>\n<h3>Things to Know<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The default setting is \u201cunchecked\u201d or \u201coff\u201d meaning that Backblaze will NOT back up the laptop while it is on battery power.<\/li>\n<li>To change the setting, merely click on the box and hit the \u201cApply\u201d button on the lower right.<\/li>\n<li>You can change this setting as often as you wish.<\/li>\n<li>When you change the setting to backup on battery power, it may take a few minutes to get started.<\/li>\n<li>We don\u2019t shut down all Backblaze processes when the setting is off. Some Backblaze processes will sleep, while others will continue to monitor the system.<\/li>\n<li>When you are plugged into power, the \u201cBackup when on battery power\u201d setting is ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What Does This Mean for You?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never changed the default setting, you will not back up your data while your laptop is on battery power. If you are on battery power a lot (a whole lot), this could lengthen the time it takes to back up your data, especially your initial back up. If you are worried about this, try changing the setting so it will back up on battery power. If you find that doing backups while on battery power doesn\u2019t work well for you, simply turn it off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laptops will make up more than half of the computers sold in 2013. With that in mind, we wanted to let you know about a great little feature in Backblaze&#8217;s Personal Backup that lets you choose whether or not we will back up the data from your laptop while it is on battery power. Making&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/battery-powered-backups-its-your-choice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battery Powered Backups: It\u2019s Your Choice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,121],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-6281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-tips-tricks","category-backing-up","tag-consumerbackup","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MacBook Battery Backup: Why Battery Powered Backups Are Your Choice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Laptops will make up more than half of the computers sold in 2013. 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