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Best Backup Software for Mac
Time Machine, cloning tools, and cloud backup solve different problems. Here's how the main Mac backup options compare, and which fits which kind of user.
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Mac app · Backblaze
Backblaze Personal Backup
Best for: Continuous offsite cloud backup of a single computer.
- Best for
- Continuous offsite cloud backup of a single computer
- Developer
- Backblaze
- Price
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- Our testing
- Not yet hands-on tested
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Pricing options
Monthly
About $9/month per computer
Yearly
About $99/year per computer
2-year
About $189 per computer
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Features
- Unlimited data backup for one computer
- Continuous automatic backup in the background
- Includes connected external drives
- 30-day version history, with longer options available
- Restore by download or by shipped drive
Benefits and disadvantages
Benefits
- Set up in minutes and then forgotten
- Predictable flat price regardless of data size
- Gives you an off-site copy that survives theft or fire
- Restore from any browser
Disadvantages (cons)
- Backs up one computer per license
- Short default version history
- Not a bootable or whole-system backup
- Large first backups depend on upload speed
Who should use Backblaze Personal Backup
- People who want simple off-site backup
- Photographers and video editors with lots of data
- Anyone who only has local backups today
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