Hi Catherine, It is worth a try but I fear you may fall into the same trap based on the following from Backblaze:
Deleted Files Backblaze will keep versions of a file that changes for up to 30 days. However, Backblaze is not designed as an additional storage system when you run out of space. Backblaze mirrors your drive. If you delete your data, it will be deleted from Backblaze after 30 days. It is the same 30 day problem but worth looking into in case Backblaze are more accommodating. Good luck! Chris > On 7 Sep 2017, at 10:28, Catherine Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > I also use Backblaze. May see whether I can restore missing files that way. > > > Thank you! > > > > Best wishes > Catherine > > Catherine Hunt > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > >> On 7 Sep 2017, at 10:25, C Staples <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Not good and seemingly without any justification, if you pay for a certain >> amount of storage you expect to have management over that storage yourself. >> >> Dropbox is great for sharing files but I employ a secondary back-up for the >> whole drive. I know this has been talked about recently but I use Backblaze >> and this backs everything up, providing extra security of files. Not much >> use for your lost files but it would stop it happening again. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >>> On 7 Sep 2017, at 10:20, Catherine Hunt <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Smuggers, >>> >>> Dropbox disaster not isolated to me, it seems. >>>> >>>> https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/Dropbox-randomly-deleted-thousands-of-files-for-no-apparent/td-p/17751 >>>> >>>> <https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/Dropbox-randomly-deleted-thousands-of-files-for-no-apparent/td-p/17751> >>>> >>>> Dropbox randomly deleted thousands of files for no apparent reason >>>> (multiple times) >>>> "Since I have started using dropbox, I have had at least 4 instances where >>>> I have had catastrophic deleting of files ans folders for no apparent >>>> reason. It just happened to me again. I was working on my laptop and I >>>> noticed that the little dropbox icon on the bottom right of my windows 8 >>>> PC said that thousands of files were updated. I knew I didn't update them >>>> so I looked into it. I noticed hundreds of my folders were missing and >>>> files were deleted. >>>> >>>> I have no idea how or why this is happening. I was able to go in and >>>> recover them, but I dont know if I caught all of them as you have to >>>> manual search for each file and click recover. >>>> >>>> I run my entire business on dropbox and have 7 employees connected to it. >>>> I am 100% certain the employees did not delete these files. Even if they >>>> wanted to they could not have done it that fast. It seems to pick a random >>>> folder or two an delete random files. Not the entire folder, just random >>>> folders within folders and random files within those folders. >>>> >>>> Help! How can i stop this from happening. I think I may nee to find >>>> another cloud solution?? I do backup my files every week or so on a hard >>>> drive, but if I lost a full weeks or more worth of work, I would be sunk." >>>> >>> >>> >>> Best wishes >>> Catherine >>> >>> Catherine Hunt >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >>> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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