If you’re restoring from multiple folders, note how the folders and subfolders highlight in the sidebar, showing where you’ve marked files to download. In the file browser, indicate the files you want to restore by selecting their checkboxes. But on the upside, you download all the files you need in one go. If you need to restore an entire folder or more than a handful of files, you’ll have to select the files in the browser and request a Zip file that takes time to prepare. See Backblaze’s documentation for some of the trickier details about sharing files in this way, which involves its B2 cloud storage service. Anyone with that link can download the file. Clicking Share with Link instead exposes a text field containing a URL and a Copy button that copies the URL to your clipboard. Backblaze added this feature in 2017 in response to customer requests.Ĭlick Download to download the file in your browser immediately. If you click a file’s name, you see options for downloading or sharing it immediately, assuming it’s smaller than 30 MB. Click the expansion triangles to open folders and drill down to the files you wish to restore. The file browser is largely self-explanatory. In the file browser itself, you can check Select All Files and Folders if you wish, but unless you have an absurdly fast Internet connection, you’re probably better off having Backblaze send you a USB drive. Backblaze retains previous versions of files for up to 30 days, so if you need something other than the latest version of a file that hasn’t been touched in a while, leave Files From pop-up menu set to Beginning of Backup and set the To menu to the date from which you wish to restore. It will likely take a couple of minutes to load your files, so be patient.Īt the top of the interface, you can specify the computer and backup from which you wish to restore. Click Unlock.Ī file browser appears on the bottom of the page that lets you select files to restore. If you have a private encryption key, enter that in the field near the bottom of the page, scrolling if necessary to see it.(As an aside, the USB Hard Drive option is limited to 4 TB per drive, so if you want to back up an 8 TB drive to Backblaze, consider partitioning it into two 4 TB volumes to simplify asking for a restore drive containing all your files.) The other two options are essential if you need to restore so much data that the download would take days. I cover only the first option here, and note that it’s a bit of a misnomer because you don’t need to download a Zip file if you want to restore only a few files. You’re given three choices: Download Zip, USB Flash Drive, and USB Hard Drive.If you have two-factor authentication enabled, enter that code as well, either from your authenticator app or SMS message. Enter your credentials and click Sign In. Your default Web browser opens to a Backblaze login page.Click the Backblaze button in the menu bar and choose Restore Files. Get to the Starting Lineįirst, you need to log in to Backblaze and get to the point of selecting files: And there’s no need to wait for Friday the 13th to do it (see “ International Verify Your Backups Day,” 13 July 2018). It’s worth practicing these steps in advance so you can remain calm and work with assurance if you suffer a lost or corrupted file. With Backblaze, backups are largely automatic and work seamlessly in the background, but the process of restoring files requires more attention. The discontinuation of CrashPlan for Home on 22 October 2018 is coming soon (see “ CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups,” 22 August 2017), so I’ve been receiving questions about how best to restore files from the Internet backup service we now recommend, Backblaze (also a TidBITS sponsor).
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