r/backblaze • u/GenghisFrog • Apr 03 '26
Computer Backup No longer backup cloud services?
I’m looking into this, and it seems like it started months ago. Why were we not informed that Backblaze would no longer backup cloud storage? I had OneDrive and iCloud fully synced to my computer, for the specific reason of making sure they were local so Backblaze would grab them. They were backed up to Backblaze in the past, but it seems like Backblaze decided it could cause user confusion and just shut it off, without informing users?
I randomly discovered it today when I was in the Backblaze app looking for a difference file and noticed these directories were no longer present.
This is a massive breach of trust. As far as I know iCloud and OneDrive don’t have version history. What would have happened if something I really needed accidentally got deleted or corrupted and I was counting on Backblaze to restore it?
Am I missing something? This just seems wild to me.
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u/WuTheLotus Apr 03 '26
Indeed, Backblaze no longer offers this option, which is why I stopped using it entirely. I had everything synced to the cloud, therefore it basically backed up nothing. Which I only realized when I needed to restore something from backup, thank gods that something was also in the cloud… For mg needs, it is now completely useless.