{"id":85664,"date":"2018-10-04T15:31:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T22:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=85664"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:03:04","slug":"backblaze-cloud-backup-release-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-cloud-backup-release-5-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-zytrvTMm\" 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=\"New Backblaze Release\" 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&#8217;re releasing an update today for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze Cloud Backup<\/a>, version 5.4! This is a smaller release, but it does provide some bug fixes and adds in some building blocks for future releases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s New:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows\n<ul>\n<li>Changed Sign-in flow for the Backblaze Downloader and <a href=\"https:\/\/help.backblaze.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/217666358-Inherit-Backup-State\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inherit Backup State<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Minor bug fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mac\n<ul>\n<li>Support for Dark Mode<\/li>\n<li>Mojave Advanced Privacy Protections Support<\/li>\n<li>Mojave Installation Flow<\/li>\n<li>Minor bug fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Release Version Number:<\/strong><br \/>\nMac &#8212; 5.4.0<br \/>\nPC &#8212; 5.4.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Availability:<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 4th, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong><br \/>\nFree for Backblaze Cloud Backup consumer and business customers and active trial users.<\/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 soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re releasing an update today for Backblaze Cloud Backup, version 5.4! This is a smaller release, but it does provide some bug fixes and adds in some building blocks for future releases. What\u2019s New: Windows Changed Sign-in flow for the Backblaze Downloader and Inherit Backup State Minor bug fixes Mac Support for Dark Mode Mojave&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-cloud-backup-release-5-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":80228,"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-85664","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 v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.4: New Features and Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;re releasing an update today for Backblaze Cloud Backup, version 5.4! 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