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manton

Still bummed that Backblaze deleted my backups after I didn’t notice that my credit card had expired. Technically my fault, but now there’s no chance I’ll ever use or recommend the service. Trying Arq 4 now.

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manton

@bogo_lode They probably did. I keep most bulk email out of my normal inbox. I still think for a backup service, they shouldn’t be so trigger-happy to clear it. (I don’t delete data for cancelled accounts on my Watermark.io just in case someone re-joins.)

manton

@wyldkard I think it will work well to have an extra copy on S3/Glacier. My “primary” backup is really putting everything on Dropbox these days.

don

@manton As I longtime Arq user, I really like it. Cost per month has been great, and I like knowing that the data is in *my* account. Similar to ADN really. Application has been solid as well.

muncman

@manton +1 for Arq.

danimal

@muncman @manton I’m looking forward to the Glacier backed S3 class. I don’t look forward to re-uploading the large Glacier sets I already have. ;)

dreese

@manton Backblaze didn’t email you about the credit card failure? That seems like a huge oversight on their part.

muncman

@danimal Yeah, same here. Still, that’ll be by choice. Backblaze has left me without the choice before. @manton

danimal

@muncman @manton totally. I just have to get the new upload started and let it run…for a while. Mostly it’s my RAW photos.

manton

@dreese They probably did but I usually have those kind of emails routed off somewhere else so I’m not constantly bothered with them. Still annoyed.

bleepnik

@manton I've been trying for several months to choose between Backblaze and Crashplan. I guess I finally have my answer. Sorry that happened to you.

manton

@bleepnik If it helps, here’s a longer post from @mjtsai about this backup stuff. He also currently uses Crashplan + Arq. http://mjtsai.com/blog/2014/03/04/arq-4-0/

bleepnik

@manton Thank you.

scrooks

@manton Crashplan (family plan) has been working great for me.

jeromekoehler

@manton Have you used Crash Plan at all?

gianb

@manton Without any warning or notice? Not cool.

manton

@jeromekoehler Nope. I hear pretty good things about it.

manton

@gianb Not actually sure. Most likely they did try to warn me and I missed the emails.

jeromekoehler

@manton the only thing that bugs me is that they do not have a native client. Other than that, they are great!

cheesemaker

@manton that’s terrible. Did you lose anything unreplaceable?

cheesemaker

@manton um, irreplaceable too.

rev

@manton That’s disappointing. I’ve been using and pimping Backblaze to friends and clients for years. Off to double check my credit card expiration date now.

whakkee

@manton well, only partly your fault, as they don’t email a proper invoice. They just charge your card without notice, fafaik.

casualkitchen

@jeromekoehler @manton True, but that doesn't really bother me as much. It's not like you would use it for longer periods of time. Usually it just sits in the background somewhere and does its thing :)

jeromekoehler

@casualkitchen Yeah, that is true Patrice :) I really can’t complain as it is an awesome price for a great service :) @manton

jeromekoehler

@casualkitchen On a side note: 2 more weeks till Macworld! Hurray!

casualkitchen

@jeromekoehler Yesssssssss !!!!

manton

@cheesemaker I don’t think so, but I have some hard drives that are flaking out. There’s some data that’s not currently backed up anywhere.

manton

@whakkee Ah, that’s no good. I expect most web apps to send invoices either right before or after charging a card now.

manton

@jeromekoehler @casualkitchen Not being a native app would mostly only bother me if they also don’t handle “native-y” things like Mac OS X file metadata. I assume they do, but I know early on some backup apps had trouble with that.