No I have not. Diana
On 2 Feb 2016, at 10:27, Paul Russell <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Diana - Have you ever had to restore from your CrashPlan backups, e.g. after a hard disk failure ? That seems to be when people run into problems, at least according to the negative reviews. Paul > On 2 Feb 2016, at 10:13, Diana Hart <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have been with CrashPlan for several years and cannot remember any problems. > > Diana > > > > On 2 Feb 2016, at 10:10, Paul Russell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks - same here, in that I have multiple Time Machine drives plus > occasional SuperDuper backups - the part that’s missing from my backup > strategy is the off-site backups. I was hoping to go with CrashPlan, which > seemed to be the best of the bunch, but the negative reviews have put me off. > I might have to look into a DIY solution. > > Paul > >> On 2 Feb 2016, at 09:43, Jason Kitcat <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Personally I use a combination of things - not trusting any one approach! >> >> So Dropbox for all personal files including Music but not Photo library as >> it’s too big. I use iCloud Photo library for online Photo backup. >> >> Then I use external drives for time machine backups and also for occasional >> SuperDuper copies of whole machine. I always have at least one drive >> off-site at someone else’s house in case of total disaster! >> >> All the best, >> Jason >> >>> On 2 Feb 2016, at 09:31, Paul Russell <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> All the online backup services seem to get bad reviews (BackBlaze, >>> CrashPlan, Carbonite, etc) - does anyone know of a reliable service, or is >>> it better to create your own, e.g. using generic cloud storage such as >>> DropBox ? >>> >>> Paul >>> >>>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 14:59, Catherine Hunt <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I also found a number of reviews on Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/>, if >>>> anyone's interested. >>>> >>>> http://amzn.to/1QyV00O <http://amzn.to/1QyV00O> >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> Catherine >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 14:47, Catherine Hunt <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> My problems with Backblaze are that they did a safety freeze of my online >>>>> backup. They sent instructions for what to do to restore my backup and it >>>>> didn't work. This has been going on for over a month and it just seems to >>>>> go round in circles. I email support and they reply a couple of days >>>>> later. I carry out what they say and it doesn't work. And so it goes on. >>>>> I have now got the attached message. >>>>> >>>>> <Screen Shot 2016-01-24 at 21.26.24.png> >>>>> >>>>> I've been with them since 2009 and I had no problems up to now. However, >>>>> I feel I'm losing the will to live with this and I just want a different >>>>> solution. >>>>> >>>>> I also have dropbox pro which backs up up to 1 TB. Backblaze was >>>>> unlimited backup and I wasn't having to think about how much I had. >>>>> Perhaps it would be possible just to use dropbox? I've got 1TB MacBook >>>>> drive, 750 GB used. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes >>>>> Catherine >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 13:11, Tonyp <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> me too! Customer Service OK as well….perhaps caught them on a bad day…we >>>>>> all have them! >>>>>> >>>>>> Tony Phillips >>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 13:09, Phil Ward <[email protected] >>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I’ve always found Backblaze to be pretty good too. What went wrong >>>>>> Catherine? >>>>>> >>>>>> P >>>>>> >>>>>> ---- >>>>>> Phil Ward >>>>>> >>>>>> Skype: aphilw >>>>>> E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> W: philward.biz <http://philward.biz/> >>>>>> W: audio-icons.com <http://audio-icons.com/> >>>>>> W: soundcloud.com/philberish <http://soundcloud.com/philberish> >>>>>> W: peggysdiaries.wordpress.com <http://peggysdiaries.wordpress.com/> >>>>>> >>>>>> • Freelance writer and product designer. >>>>>> • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. >>>>>> • UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com >>>>>> <http://www.veilletteguitars.com/>. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 13:03, Graham Street <[email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've also used them for years. Only ever contacted them once or twice >>>>>>> and found the response to be excellent. >>>>>>> Graham >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Paul Booth <mailto:[email protected]> 26 January 2016 07:59 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can you elaborate on the problems you've had with Backblaze? I've been >>>>>>>> using them for years too but have never needed to contact them. 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