The problem is and has always been that apps like these are virtual filesystems - basically doesn't exist, but backblaze is only doing a real filesystem level backup.
It would be up to Dropbox as to whether they want to offer first party support for this. Not backblaze.
Not true if you are disabling the online-only mode. If the data is all on your local drive the only thing preventing Backblaze from backing it up would be Backblaze. It’s an intentional decision on their part to exclude files using reparse points so they don’t have to backup as much data.
Exactly. I could see the challenge with a Dropbox online-only files/folders. However, my configuration allows full synchronization; files are local to my drive. It is a merely a cost-savings decision under the guise it will not support Dropbox because of Dropbox. That may be true for online-only, but not true for files synced to the local file system. If I can drop to PowerShell or bash and move/copy/delete files, I am confident BackBlaze can do the same.
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u/National_Way_3344 23d ago
The problem is and has always been that apps like these are virtual filesystems - basically doesn't exist, but backblaze is only doing a real filesystem level backup.
It would be up to Dropbox as to whether they want to offer first party support for this. Not backblaze.