Backblaze:
In the new macOS 10.14 Mojave update, Apple has made some privacy and security changes with their OS and as a result has changed the way Backblaze behaves after you upgrade to Mojave. We are working on a solution for this, however you will need to follow the below steps to enable Backblaze and back up your Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Safari, Mail, or other Apple items. Please follow these instructions.
I hope this warning doesn’t come too late for some of you.
I already installed Mojave. No problem with my Backblaze backup.
Doublecheck, just in case. I allowed access on install and was fine but it appears that you can get in a place where the backups are working but not backing up everything that they used to back up and that’s not obvious
Those directions didn’t work for me – the dialog box didn’t come up – but “happily” I’m already using iCloud (or a third party service) for all of those things, so losing the computer / having to wipe it won’t lose (that) data.
I wonder. Did this JUST come up? Was this not an issue with the beta OS?
You and the article were right, I was missing some things. They’re the bits of least concern to me but I still want them backed up.
Hey Alan! Yev from Backblaze here -> we have a new build out right now that solves a lot of these issues, give it a whirl (we’ve also updated that help article to condense it a bit).
Hey Shawn! Yev from Backblaze here -> our build wasn’t behaving the way we expected after the release this week, but we have a new one that’s out which solves a lot of these issues!
Hey Steven Yev from Backblaze here -> glad you checked! We have a new build as well that should help with some things!
In case you see this: You guys really, really need to work on your installer. It’s a wart in an otherwise great tool. Every time I install it I think the installer has crashed.
Thanks for the note, we’ll take a look at it.
but was it an issue during the beta period? the betas exist to flush these issues out.
I’m not on the dev team, so I wouldn’t know for sure. We’re looking into it from a process perspective.
Thanks for posting this. I downloaded the newest installer, installed it and followed the directions.
I have installed with the new installer. I’ve also followed the directions but Backblaze refuses to see new files need to be backed up from an external drive.