You can find out guide to Installing on Mac here and on Windows here. Once you have signed up for a new account via the sign-up page found here, you only need to install Backblaze on your computer for backups to automatically start up. You can find out more about our Extended Version History options here. We do, however, offer the option to upgrade to one of our Extended Version History options, which would allow you to retain deleted data or disconnected drive data for a year or Forever, depending on which option you choose. By default, all Personal Backup accounts are set to 30-day version history, meaning that files that are deleted from your computer or disconnected drives are cycled off of our servers after 30 days from the last time they were present. Personal Backup is an active, evolving mirror of the current state of your computer and drives.

To find out more about what can and cannot be backed up using Personal Backup, please view our guide on What Backblaze Backs Up and our guide on Exclusion Settings. You can find out more about that service here.

(Please note that NAS devices are excluded from personal backup, h owever, Network drives can be backed up using our B2 Cloud Storage program.

This covers unlimited backup of data on the computer itself as well as any internal drives, and external drives physically connected to the computer. Personal Backup backs up all user-created data on Mac and Windows computers for $7 a month, $70 a year, or $130 every two years depending on which subscription plan you choose.

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