I want to get an external hard drive that can also be backed up to Backblaze. I asked them which drives would work and they said,
"If it is designated by your operating system as temporary storage which cannot be changed. If this is the case Backblaze will be unable to backup this drive, ...
Can anyone recommend a drive that would not be considered temporary storage? I am running an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020).
Thanks
Chris
iMac 27″, macOS 11.2
The following has a more complete description from their support site: https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665398-Backing-up-External-Hard-Drives
As I understand that document, virtually any external USB hard drive or SSD would be backed up if you wanted it to be.
The following has a more complete description from their support site: https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665398-Backing-up-External-Hard-Drives
As I understand that document, virtually any external USB hard drive or SSD would be backed up if you wanted it to be.
You would thinks so. But I had bought a Samsung TB T5 Portable Solid-State Drive, which could not be used. Luckily B&H accepted the return. Here is the full response I had gotten from Backblaze:
Thank you for contacting Backblaze support.
Backblaze does not support the inclusion of removable media in Backblaze backups, including CD's, DVD'd, SD cards, zip disks, floppy disks, and other similar storage devices. [Bolding theirs]
To backup this data it would need to be moved to an internal drive, or a drive connected via USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt. While it would not be possible to give you an exhaustive list of the compatible drives, as long as the drive is not considered a temporary storage device as described above, it should be fine.
Flash keys may or may not be able to backup depending on its designation. If it is designated by your operating system as temporary storage which cannot be changed. If this is the case Backblaze will be unable to backup this drive, and you will need to copy these files to another backed up drive to backup the files.
Backblaze / external hard drive
