

Why Build Your Own Solution?Ĭloud-based backups predate even the term “cloud” for distributed online storage. Expect more options to arise in the future. This article provides a roadmap for how you can roll your own cloud backup and not give up anything in the process. All cloud storage companies regularly lower their prices, and a recent price drop from B2 now makes it a reasonable option for your own backup. I reviewed Arq for Macworld in March 2017, and found it generally good, although it needs more refinement in its restore process Arq added B2 support a year ago.īackblaze B2 competes with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Google Cloud Storage, the two biggest similar firms in the space. Paid cloud services can readily fill this gap, such as Backblaze (a TidBITS sponsor), but you can also now roll your own cloud service at a reasonable price by combining Haystack Software’s Arq backup app for macOS with Backblaze’s B2 on-demand, usage-based cloud storage service. It’s a bizarre omission because Apple has every other piece in place to make it an offering. Despite Apple’s commitment to iCloud and the availability of up to 2 terabytes of storage, the company offers no set-and-forget backup option for the Mac. And it doesn’t help that Apple just killed the Time Capsule (see “ RIP: Apple AirPort, 1999–2018,” 27 April 2018). Time Machine requires a separate external drive or partition, making it feel long in the tooth. It’s surprising Apple still doesn’t offer iCloud backups for macOS. #1671: Apple Q3 2023 earnings, new Beats headphones and earbuds, Stage Manager adoption rate, do you use Spotlight?.1672: The hidden power of Google Sheets, Launchpad usage levels, Emergency SOS via satellite in the Maui fires, do you use proxy icons?.1673: macOS 13.5.1, watchOS 9.6.1, copy data from Web tables, what Spotlight is used for, do you use Apple’s Weather app?.


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