iCloud Photo Library with my main MacBook Pro set to sync all content locally, then Arq backs it up into Backblaze b2. (Along with the rest of the machine, including iCloud Drive.)
I used to use their personal backup years ago when it first came out, switched to using Arq against One Drive and S3 I think it was, then switched to b2 because it’s cheaper (and easier to setup.) Stopped using One Drive when I left my previous job as it was the corporate account.
I found backblaze personal backup didn’t backup system paths, which included homebrew (vague memory, might have been macports?) and I couldn’t restore a database I’d overwritten locally because it hadn’t been backed up. I understand why the client doesn’t do that, but it was a dealbreaker for me at the time. Arq also does client side encryption and multiple locations for me.
This is precisely what I do. I did recently switch from Backblaze B2 to MS OneDrive, as I needed the MS365 subscription for other (family) reasons, and it comes with 6 x 1TB Onedrive accounts. Two are used for backups.
How does this work? Does it have to go through iCloud to get to your MBP? And if so, are you constrained on iCloud capacity (we’re paying for 200GB and we’re already hitting that cap). If not, do you have to plug in a USB, or does it work automatically via the network?
Syncs through iCloud yes. We have the family “everything” plan (Apple Premier?) so get 2TB cloud storage to use between us. Think my photo library is just over 300GB so far.
iCloud Photo Library with my main MacBook Pro set to sync all content locally, then Arq backs it up into Backblaze b2. (Along with the rest of the machine, including iCloud Drive.)
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I’m curious why you use Backblaze B2 and not the Backblaze Personal Backup?
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I used to use their personal backup years ago when it first came out, switched to using Arq against One Drive and S3 I think it was, then switched to b2 because it’s cheaper (and easier to setup.) Stopped using One Drive when I left my previous job as it was the corporate account.
I found backblaze personal backup didn’t backup system paths, which included homebrew (vague memory, might have been macports?) and I couldn’t restore a database I’d overwritten locally because it hadn’t been backed up. I understand why the client doesn’t do that, but it was a dealbreaker for me at the time. Arq also does client side encryption and multiple locations for me.
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This is precisely what I do. I did recently switch from Backblaze B2 to MS OneDrive, as I needed the MS365 subscription for other (family) reasons, and it comes with 6 x 1TB Onedrive accounts. Two are used for backups.
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How does this work? Does it have to go through iCloud to get to your MBP? And if so, are you constrained on iCloud capacity (we’re paying for 200GB and we’re already hitting that cap). If not, do you have to plug in a USB, or does it work automatically via the network?
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Syncs through iCloud yes. We have the family “everything” plan (Apple Premier?) so get 2TB cloud storage to use between us. Think my photo library is just over 300GB so far.
If I had to plug the phone in, I’d never sync it.
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