{"id":80176,"date":"2018-01-04T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T15:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=80176"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:02:45","slug":"backblaze-cloud-backup-release-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-cloud-backup-release-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-wGrGNxR7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version-560x319.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version-220x124.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re pleased to start the year off the right way, with an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\">Backblaze Cloud Backup<\/a>, version 5.2! This is a smaller release, but does increase backup speeds, optimizes the backup client, and addresses a few minor bugs that we\u2019re excited to lay to rest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s New<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased transmission speed of files between 30MB and 400MB+.<\/li>\n<li>Optimized indexing to decrease system resource usage and lower the performance impact on computers that are backing up to Backblaze.<\/li>\n<li>Adjusted external <a href=\"\/blog\/life-and-times-of-a-backblaze-hard-drive\/\">hard drive<\/a> monitoring and increased the speed of indexing.<\/li>\n<li>Changed copyright to 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Release Version Number:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\/mac-online-backup\">Mac<\/a> \u2014 5.2.0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\/windows-online-backup\">PC<\/a> \u2014 5.2.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clients:<\/strong><br \/>\nBackblaze Personal Backup<br \/>\nBackblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/pricing\">Business Backup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Availability:<\/strong><br \/>\nJanuary 4, 2018<\/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 and then select \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>Immediately as a download from: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/update.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/update.htm<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Immediately as the default download from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.backblaze.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Auto-update will begin in a couple of weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a free update for all Backblaze Cloud Backup consumer and business customers and active trial users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re pleased to start the year off the right way, with an update to Backblaze Cloud Backup, version 5.2! 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