BackblazeA backup service that copies all the data stored on your computer to remote servers for $6 a month, is now offering a major client update for macOS and Windows. Version 8 focuses on performance, with several new features that should allow backups to be completed faster, but also have to be done more quietly when using your computer at the same time.
The biggest changes relate to multi thread, that is, the ability of the application to divide its actions into several parallel tasks to perform them more quickly. Until then, Backblaze can be played with up to 30 themes (threads) in parallel. With this update, the app can now handle up to 100 if your PC can handle that many parallel tasks.
By default, the app manages this aspect automatically, just as it adapts the bandwidth limit used to send data. Backblaze 8 improves on this automatic management, so as not to hamper your computer’s performance. Since this backup app needs to run as much as possible in the background, it tries not to get in your way and can now reduce the number of threads Or apply a temporary bandwidth limit when it detects that you are using these resources.
Always with the idea of reducing the inconvenience caused by backups, Backblaze 8 can also limit its RAM consumption if you are already using a lot of RAM. It was already a flaw in the previous version, it could put a lot of pressure on RAM and slow down macOS, or even block other apps. I lack perspective to see if that’s the case, but I’ve noticed that the app always uses a lot of RAM when it’s available.
This is more the case with this update as the creators of Backblaze revised the way the data was encrypted, before sending it to their server. Until then, the application duplicated every file on the computer’s storage, resulting in a large number of writes to the local hard drive or SSD. Now everything is done in RAM: each file is shredded into small pieces that are encrypted in RAM and placed directly on the Internet, without reference to local storage.
All these in-depth changes should make Backblaze 8 backup your Mac or PC faster and quieter. To find out more, you will find some additional details at This blog.
Backblaze requires at least Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and this version is a universal binary, optimized for Mac Intel and Apple Silicon. The app is only available in English, but the web service is translated into French.
