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Easy backup

Mozy Mozy is backup made easy. Create an account, download the client, select the directories you want backed up and then just leave it in the background. On a fast line I had my 2gb free account filled up in a few hours. Restoring files is easy; just request a package of files you want restored and a few minutes later you are emailed a link to download the package.

The unlimited version is $4.95 per-month which is peanuts really.

One thing to note is that this isn’t an Amazon S3 competitor. I can’t share my Mozy backed-up files with anyone else, I can’t even view a file “hosted” by Mozy. It is a backup service, nothing more and nothing less. For this it is much cheaper than Amazon S3.

One missing feature in the beta Mac OS X client I am using is external HD support. It is available in the Windows client but is “a few months away rough guess” in the Mac OS X client. Most of the files I want to backup are on an external HD so I will just have to wait. But the test I did with 2gb worked very nicely so I am confident the 150gb on my external HD will work fine too.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 15th, 2007 at 3:34 pm and is filed under Post, S3, Windows, backup, files, mac os x, mozy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Aidan Finn 1 year ago 1 point
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Hey Paul,

Where did you get the mac client for this? All I can find on the site is the windows client and a form so I can submit my email to be informed when the mac client is available.

cheers,

AF

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Paul Watson 1 year ago 1 point
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Sorry, should have mentioned they emailed a few people the location of the beta Mac client. They mentioned it was "limited" so I am not sure I should be making it public.

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Mario Milosevic 1 year ago 1 point
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Aidan, if Paul thinks I shouldn't be letting people know, he can delete this comment, but if you want to try out Mozy for Mac, I'm appending the email I got about it below. I've tried it out for a week or so. So far I am very happy with it and the security of having your files backed up offsite is a good feeling.

--Mario

You've been asking for it, and here it is: Mac Mozy Beta (limited.) The word 'limited' here just means that this is a beta release to just those who have specifically requested to be kept up to date on Mac Mozy development. The full public release will be in a few weeks.

Important note: This is a beta release, so if you are not comfortable using pre-release software that has bugs, please wait until Mac Mozy leaves beta sometime later this year. If you decide to try this beta, we ask you to please send us bug reports and crash dumps to macsupport@mozy.com. Thanks!

Also note that while Mac Mozy is great at backing up most of your important documents, it currently has some limitations:

- No open file support. Mac Mozy cannot back up your Entourage database while Entourage is open.
- No block level differentials. Mac Mozy doesn't back up files that have already been backed up, but when a file changes, the whole thing must be sent again regardless of size. Keep this in mind when selecting your 10GB global_domination_plan.xls spreadsheet that you update hourly.

To get started, just create an account at mozy.com if you don't have one already, and then download Mac Mozy from here:
http://mozy.com/downloads/Mozy.dmg

Documentation is coming soon - in the interim use your intuition. ;-)

Mac Mozy will work with both Mozy Unlimited (all-you-can-eat backup for $4.95/month) and Mozy Free (2GB of no-strings-attached free backup).

-josh and the MacMozy team

Josh Coates
President, Founder
Mozy.com, Berkeley Data Systems, Inc.
jcoates@berkeleydata.net

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Paul 1 year ago 1 point
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If who want to use this registration code "WMA5BB" when you sign up we will both get an extra 256 Mb of space. Pretty cool!

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Bob 1 year ago 1 point
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I've noticed though that this has issues running under an account that is a regular user on the system. The backup sets list is empty and the configuration isn't saved upon quitting the application.

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