{"id":95069,"date":"2020-04-09T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=95069"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:03:46","slug":"backblaze-cloud-backup-release-7-0-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-cloud-backup-release-7-0-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Computer Backup Release 7.0.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blog-new-version.jpg\" alt=\"New Backblaze version is available\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" 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=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">We\u2019re releasing an update today for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze Computer Backup<\/a>: version 7.0.1! This release comes with improvements to our <a href=\"https:\/\/help.backblaze.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/217666358-Inherit-Backup-State\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inherit Backup State<\/a> feature, and some enhancements to the Mac and Windows applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s New For Windows &amp; Macintosh:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inherit Backup State\n<ul>\n<li>Has been rewritten to increase the upper thresholds for inheriting a backup state. In the past, some edge-cases existed where log files were too large to be inherited, resulting in a failure. This has now been fixed.<\/li>\n<li>The process has also been cleaned up to remove unnecessary older files, which should result in better performance and less system resource usage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>.Bzvol Enhancements\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed a bug which sometimes showed duplicate volume listings in the apps, which led to confusion.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a bug with .Bzvol which resulted in no files appearing to be selected in some cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Minor security enhancements and improvements to logging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Release Version Number:<\/strong><br \/>\nMac \u2014 7.0.1.434<br \/>\nPC \u2014 7.0.1.433<\/p>\n<p><strong>Availability:<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong><br \/>\nFree for Backblaze Computer Backup consumer and business customers and active trial users.<br \/>\nUpgrade Methods:<\/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 rolling out in the next few weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 is rightfully dominating the news right now, but our team is still focused on providing the best cloud backup service for you. 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