![]() Not surprisingly, this information is usually somewhat difficult to find on their websites, but both Backblaze and Carbonite also remove files 30 or 60 days (depending on your plan) after they've been deleted from the source computer. ![]() The problem with cloud backups is that if you delete a file from your computer - intentionally or by mistake - most services will also remove that file from your backup after some time. Haven't participated in a TidBits discussion in a long time, but this topic always gets to me. Joe’s article links to a variety of packages, and Glenn Fleishman has written about using ChronoSync to perform cloud backups (see “ Investigating ChronoSync 4.7 for Cloud Backup,” 22 December 2016). Of course, there are many other options for online backup, and you can also roll your own online backup solution if you like. I’d now add that Carbonite will be more expensive than Backblaze after the first year. Joe doesn’t recommend Carbonite for Mac users because it doesn’t offer either versioning (seriously?) or the option to use a personal encryption key, and he found that it artificially restricts upstream bandwidth, making it slower than many other services. Josh has been a happy Backblaze user for years, and in our initial coverage of CrashPlan’s exit from the consumer market, Joe Kissell tapped Backblaze as his new favorite online backup service, saying that it “is fast, reliable, and secure, and it costs $5 per month per computer.” And yes, Backblaze backs up external drives and Given that Backblaze is a TidBITS sponsor, you’d expect us to recommend the service, but that was true before they signed on as a sponsor. After that, they’ll go up to the new, higher fees. To the company’s credit, Carbonite is keeping the CrashPlan discount prices the same, so they’re now better than 50 percent for the first year. Notice also that Carbonite changed the wording on its plans, switching from showing the yearly price to a monthly fee that’s billed annually, somewhat hiding the price increase. Carbonite Safe Prime, which provides courier recovery service, remains $149.99.Carbonite Safe Plus, which adds external hard drive backup and automatic video backup, was $99.99 per year but now costs $111.99.It doesn’t back up external hard drives, and you must select videos for backup manually. Carbonite Safe Basic was $59.99 per year it’s now $71.99.The cost of a new subscription to Carbonite just went up because Carbonite has quietly increased prices 12 to 20 percent: Remember how Code42 announced last year that it would be sunsetting its CrashPlan for Home backup service (see “ CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups,” 22 August 2017)? That won’t happen until 22 October 2018, but Code 42 encouraged home customers to switch to Carbonite, offering a 50 percent discount for the first year. ![]() #1655: 33 years of TidBITS, Twitter train wreck, tvOS 16.4.1, Apple Card Savings, Steve Jobs ebook. ![]() #1656: Passcode thieves lock iCloud accounts, the apps Adam uses, iPhoto and Aperture library conversion in Ventura.#1657: A deep dive into the innovative Arc Web browser.#1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple's Q2 2023 financials. ![]()
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