{"id":96807,"date":"2020-11-11T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=96807"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:48:23","slug":"backblaze-and-big-sur-ready-when-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-and-big-sur-ready-when-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze and Big Sur: Ready When You Are!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Big Sur Release for Backblaze\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image1-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image1-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image1-1-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image1-1-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image1-1-560x319.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">The new operating system from Apple, MacOS 11.0 Big Sur (a reference to a lovely stretch of California\u2019s central coast, if you\u2019ve never been) releases on November 12, 2020. We\u2019ve been preparing for this release for quite some time and are glad to report that the Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/business-computer-backup.html\">Computer Backup<\/a> client is \u201cBig Sur-ready.\u201d As always, a couple of notes to keep in mind before updating to a new OS: make sure you have a good and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\/mac-online-backup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up-to-date backup in place<\/a>, and that you are running the latest Backblaze version.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Big Sur-Ready<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re already running the Big Sur beta, or are planning to upgrade to the latest MacOS version on day one, please make sure you are running the latest Backblaze client version. You can download and install the latest build by doing the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perform a Check for Updates (click on the Backblaze icon in the Mac menu bar).<\/li>\n<li>Or download the latest from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/update.htm\">www.backblaze.com\/update.htm<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you are on MacOS 10.9 Mavericks or older and you want to update your client before upgrading your macOS, you will need to download the latest version of Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/backup-beta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new operating system from Apple, MacOS 11.0 Big Sur, released on November 12, 2020 and the Backblaze Computer Backup client is \u201cBig Sur-ready.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":96808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-96807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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>Backblaze Compatibility for the Big Sur Release Date and Beyond<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Backblaze Computer Backup Client is ready for macOS Big Sur!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-and-big-sur-ready-when-you-are\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Backblaze Compatibility for the Big Sur Release Date and Beyond\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Backblaze Computer Backup Client is ready for macOS Big Sur!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-and-big-sur-ready-when-you-are\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage &amp; 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