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Mozy 2.0 for Mac is faster, more Mac-like

Mozy for Mac 2.0
Mozy, the cloud-based backup service for both PC's and Macs has just released version 2.0 of its Mozy for Mac software. Lifehacker reports that while most users won't notice anything other than the shiny new Mac-native appearance, Mozy also added a new query builder to make creating advanced backup rules easier, improved performance and stability, increased backup speed, and added an easy on/off switch for setting up automatic backups. In other words, they have attempted to make it even simpler to use than it already was.

Mozy 2.0 for Mac is available for download now and just as before the first 2GB of online storage is free while monthly prices vary for larger home or corporate accounts. It's interesting to see how far they have come since the first version of Mozy for Mac came on the scene.

I saw firsthand the value of having an offsite backup system in place when a buddy of mine lost both the internal drive on his iMac AND his external backup drive at home on the same day. He was a Mozy user and had them send him his complete backup on DVDs which he then used to import his data onto his new computer. Regularly backing up your machine (both local and in the cloud) is one of the most important things you can do as a computer user, and I myself have been a longtime user of backup service from BackBlaze. For $50/year, the expense of paying for an online backup is totally worth the safety net it provides.

[via Lifehacker and Online Backups Review]

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Kevin Ginger

Have you all looked at Crashplan? Supports multiple local backup locations for free and you can pay for their off-site Crash Plan Central service ($5/month unlimited).

You can backup up across your different computers or friend's computers via internet (can I backup to you if you backup to me) - all data is encrypted so you can't see each other's data. Cool if you want your offsite backup in town for easy recovery

Crashplan also supports bit changes, not entire file changes, very efficient.

I'm dumping Backblaze for Crashplan after my subscription ends.

November 19 2010 at 11:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott Rose

I personally dislike Mozy. I only use and only recommend Backblaze.

November 19 2010 at 9:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
RazorD

2.0 is an interesting one. I've been using Mozy right back since beta a good 4 years ago, back with they were owned by Berkeley Data Systems.

Version 2.0 makes the whole thing more mac like, and a whole lot simpler to configure for the average joe, but as a hardcore user who has pretty complicated backup sets, it certainly takes away a whole bunch of the configuration options i had before, which is a huge negative.

Coupled with a bug that it segfaults the moment it tries to backup my iPhoto 11 library (which their dev team is currently working with me to resolve in a new build), i've stuck with 1.8 for now.

I just hope they give me back the old filesystem browser type interface which they had in 1.8, even if its only as an option.

That or it'll be time to get hardcore into SQLite and produce my backup set manually.

November 19 2010 at 1:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andy Barratt

can you run it as well as having your mac go to sleep? i use backblaze and it seems to prevent my mac going to sleep.

November 18 2010 at 8:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sinX

I'll never buy anything endorsed by rush limbaugh, which is why I through out all my gold coins!

November 18 2010 at 7:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kris

I hope v2 has improved. It needs to. When I was a customer I found their software desperately unreliable - a cardinal sin in a "peace of mind" service - and their customer service even worse.

The day I switched to BackBlaze was a wise day indeed.

November 18 2010 at 5:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

Headline says that it's faster, but the article doesn't mention it.

Has the author actually used v2.0, or is he simply repeating what Lifehacker "reports" (which is actually a rehashing of the Mozy press release)?

Lazy.

November 18 2010 at 5:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
starq

Used mozy ONCE.

It screwed up my Mac so bad I had to re-install OSX.

NOT RECOMMENDED! RUN IN FEAR!!

November 18 2010 at 5:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
designr

Lovely!

Does it finally restore Quicken files without corruption?

I've been trying to use Mozy since it was in beta. They promised that Mozy 1.0 would fix the problem with Quicken packages.

So, I paid for 2 years of service only to find out that they hadn't fixed files swrapped in packages at all. I called them and they promised that the next update would finally fix the problem with Quicken package files. Nothing.

So, is it finally fixed???

I am tired of beta testing their crappy Mac software, reporting problems, getting vacant promises and NO fixes! For YEARS!!!

So, is it fixed???

November 18 2010 at 5:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stephen

Does it still take up a TON of CPU while sitting "idle"?

November 18 2010 at 5:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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gg

Never has for me.

November 18 2010 at 5:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mike

I'd like to know about this as well. I've tried to use mozy several times, and given up each time because the initial backup takes ridiculously long (like, months), and the client keeps my fans running constantly. Backups also randomly fail. Very annoying.

November 18 2010 at 5:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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