Mac Mozy Online Backup Service Announced

mfacey · Apr 26, 2007, 04:41 PM

Just thought I'd share that Mozy - a great online backup tool - has released a mac version of their backup client.
I've only just started mucking about with it, but so far it seems like a great service.
The free version gets you 2GB of online storage and for $4.95 you get unlimited storage!
Worth a look: http://www.mozy.com

Project · Apr 26, 2007, 04:51 PM

Just subscribed and currently starting the long process of uploading 100gb of music.

So far so good. Excellent experience so far. The sets that are similar to Backups quickpicks make it real easy to automatically back up bookmarks, iCal, Address Book etc.

mfacey · 04:54 PM

100gb?!!?

I've been working on 1.6GB of random stuff just to try it out, and that's been going for 4-5 hours now. It says 3.5 hours to go!

I hope your upload speed is better than mine (1 Mbit)

psychofreak · Apr 26, 2007, 04:55 PM

And the mess that is the .mac pricing scandal becomes even more insane

j26 · Apr 26, 2007, 04:59 PM

I'm about to sign up, so if you has a referral code they want me to put in, pm it to me (very soon). You get free space if you sign up a few people.

backspinner · Apr 27, 2007, 05:13 AM

How much would "unlimited" be?

Cybix · Apr 27, 2007, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by backspinner

How much would "unlimited" be?

is this a trick question?

mfacey · Apr 27, 2007, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by backspinner

How much would "unlimited" be?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybix

is this a trick question?

I'm assuming unlimited really is unlimited. They just go on the assumption that most people will back up max 100GB or so and make their capacity calculations on that basis. They do stress that it is not designed for corporate entities.

I just signed up for the unlimited account and in the process of uploading about 40GB of data. Right now it says that its going to take a good 8 days! I'm hoping that's a hefty overestimation!

PlaceofDis · Apr 27, 2007, 06:33 AM

wow. i might have to give this a try. they've caught my interest at the very least. it does make .mac look terrible though. but since more and more alternatives to it are coming out, so much the better.

Baron58 · Apr 27, 2007, 10:02 AM

Excellent! I've been hoping they'd come out with a Mac client. Nicely done, good file selection dialogue, and a Menu Bar Extra. I'm currently getting ~ 350kb/sec upload.

If you sign up, please use my referral code 7GD273 so we can both get some extra free space!

benmadrid · Apr 27, 2007, 12:50 PM

Thanks for pointing out the menu bar thing, just spent 10 mins trying to work out how to get it to start backing up again!

mfacey · Apr 27, 2007, 02:59 PM

I'm having some problems with the Mozy client dropping the connection to the server from time to time. Maybe my internet connection is just playing up... anybody else encountering similar problems?

KurtangleTN · Apr 27, 2007, 03:06 PM

Aww, no panther cilent!

Project · Apr 27, 2007, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mfacey

100gb?!!?

I've been working on 1.6GB of random stuff just to try it out, and that's been going for 4-5 hours now. It says 3.5 hours to go!

I hope your upload speed is better than mine (1 Mbit)

18Mbps connection

Its still going to take the best part of a week though.

While Mozy is 'unlimited', it basically just syncs a machine of your choice. You cant arbitrarily just add data to it from different external hard drives for example. So technically you are limited to whatever the size of your hard drive is.

Still an excellent price and effectively insurance for my muziks.

mfacey · Apr 27, 2007, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KurtangleTN

Aww, no panther cilent!

No, that won't come either. The system makes use of OSX's Spotlight technology, so that would be the missing element in panther

winchest · Apr 28, 2007, 03:21 AM

I have not been able to figure out how to get the Mozy client to recognize my iTunes library on my external drive. Anyone have luck with this?

arn · Apr 28, 2007, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by winchest

I have not been able to figure out how to get the Mozy client to recognize my iTunes library on my external drive. Anyone have luck with this?

haven't played with it. But I have 22GB of iTunes. I was trying to figure out how unlimited 'unlimited' is.

It would be nice to have my photos and itunes backed up remotely.

arn

sushi · Apr 28, 2007, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arn

haven't played with it. But I have 22GB of iTunes. I was trying to figure out how unlimited 'unlimited' is.

It would be nice to have my photos and itunes backed up remotely.

I was thinking the same thing.

I have about 160GB of photos, music and videos that I want to back up.

Probably take a year to make a backup!

Project · Apr 28, 2007, 01:03 PM

As I said in a previous post, you cant just upload any machine or external hard drive. It effectively only syncs one machine at a time. Its basically $4.99 for each hard drive.

winchest · Apr 28, 2007, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Project

As I said in a previous post, you cant just upload any machine or external hard drive. It effectively only syncs one machine at a time. Its basically $4.99 for each hard drive.

I was curious how you got the Mozy client to recognize your external drive. I cannot seem to get it to see it therefore I cannot back up my iTunes directory.

Thanks

CanadaRAM · Apr 28, 2007, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybix

Quote:

How much would "unlimited" be?

is this a trick question?

Not really: there are ample examples of "unlimited" services where people who attempt to do much more than average are cut off or restricted arbitrarily. Unlimited almost always means "Unlimited within limits which may or may not be disclosed.."

Mitthrawnuruodo · Apr 29, 2007, 04:46 AM

Ok, this actually seems like a good idea...

...but why does it have to be so frelling s l o w . . . ? I started a 1.4 GB backup last evening, and now - 12 hrs later - it's about half done...

At this rate I'm not going to go for the unlimited ed. to backup >50 GB of music... it would take more or less forever...

arn · Apr 29, 2007, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitthrawnuruodo

Ok, this actually seems like a good idea...

...but why does it have to be so frelling s l o w . . . ? I started a 1.4 GB backup last evening, and now - 12 hrs later - it's about half done...

It's simply a factor on your upstream connection. Most people have very slow upstreams (cable, dsl), so it will take a long time. The good news is that subsequent updates will be much shorter since they do differential updates (only what's changed)

arn

mfacey · Apr 29, 2007, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitthrawnuruodo

Ok, this actually seems like a good idea...

...but why does it have to be so frelling s l o w . . . ? I started a 1.4 GB backup last evening, and now - 12 hrs later - it's about half done...

At this rate I'm not going to go for the unlimited ed. to backup >50 GB of music... it would take more or less forever...

Yeah that's the problem with a lot of consumer broadband connections; most have a very low upload speed. If you have less than 1 Mbit up, its going to be painfully slow.
I did 1.6 GBs on my home connection and it took about 8-9 hours. I was quite pleased with it. I'm now doing a full 42GB backup of my music, photos and documents. Says it still has 10 days to go

Mitthrawnuruodo · Apr 29, 2007, 05:01 AM

I (at least should) have 1Mbit up speed on my ADSL, but according to the Mozy Backup Status the speed is around 20-60Kb/s, with just a few peaks at around 100Kb/s (but also slowdowns down to ~10Kb/s), nowhere near what I should be getting...

Now, I know this - at least in part - has to do with the fact that I'm backing up lots and lots of small files, that typically will be slower than one giant file with the same, total weight, but still...

Oh, well... patience is not only a card game...

Apr 26, 2007, 04:41 PM	#1
mfacey macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Netherlands	Mac Mozy Online Backup Service Announced Just thought I'd share that Mozy - a great online backup tool - has released a mac version of their backup client. I've only just started mucking about with it, but so far it seems like a great service. The free version gets you 2GB of online storage and for $4.95 you get unlimited storage! Worth a look: http://www.mozy.com __________________ Alu Powerbook G4 15", 1.67 GHz Alu iMac 24", 3.06 GHz 3G iPod 20GB, 2G Shuffle, 3G Nano 8GB

Apr 26, 2007, 04:53 PM	#3
mfacey Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Netherlands	100gb?!!? I've been working on 1.6GB of random stuff just to try it out, and that's been going for 4-5 hours now. It says 3.5 hours to go! I hope your upload speed is better than mine (1 Mbit) __________________ Alu Powerbook G4 15", 1.67 GHz Alu iMac 24", 3.06 GHz 3G iPod 20GB, 2G Shuffle, 3G Nano 8GB Last edited by mfacey : Apr 26, 2007 at 04:54 PM. Reason: spelling

Apr 26, 2007, 04:59 PM	#5
j26 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Paddyland	I'm about to sign up, so if you has a referral code they want me to put in, pm it to me (very soon). You get free space if you sign up a few people. __________________ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.

Apr 27, 2007, 05:13 AM	#6
backspinner macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Eindhoven	How much would "unlimited" be? __________________ By all means, do not use a hammer.

Apr 27, 2007, 12:50 PM	#11
benmadrid macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madrid	Thanks for pointing out the menu bar thing, just spent 10 mins trying to work out how to get it to start backing up again! __________________ Notes in Spanish

Apr 26, 2007, 04:51 PM	#2
Project macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2005	Just subscribed and currently starting the long process of uploading 100gb of music. So far so good. Excellent experience so far. The sets that are similar to Backups quickpicks make it real easy to automatically back up bookmarks, iCal, Address Book etc.

Apr 26, 2007, 04:55 PM	#4
psychofreak Retired Join Date: May 2006 Location: London	And the mess that is the .mac pricing scandal becomes even more insane

Apr 27, 2007, 06:33 AM	#9
PlaceofDis macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago.	wow. i might have to give this a try. they've caught my interest at the very least. it does make .mac look terrible though. but since more and more alternatives to it are coming out, so much the better.

Apr 27, 2007, 10:02 AM	#10
Baron58 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2004	Excellent! I've been hoping they'd come out with a Mac client. Nicely done, good file selection dialogue, and a Menu Bar Extra. I'm currently getting ~ 350kb/sec upload. If you sign up, please use my referral code 7GD273 so we can both get some extra free space!

Apr 27, 2007, 02:59 PM	#12
mfacey Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Netherlands	Dropping connection I'm having some problems with the Mozy client dropping the connection to the server from time to time. Maybe my internet connection is just playing up... anybody else encountering similar problems? __________________ Alu Powerbook G4 15", 1.67 GHz Alu iMac 24", 3.06 GHz 3G iPod 20GB, 2G Shuffle, 3G Nano 8GB

Apr 27, 2007, 03:06 PM	#13
KurtangleTN macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2007	Aww, no panther cilent!

Apr 28, 2007, 03:21 AM	#16
winchest macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2006	I have not been able to figure out how to get the Mozy client to recognize my iTunes library on my external drive. Anyone have luck with this?

Apr 28, 2007, 01:03 PM	#19
Project macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2005	As I said in a previous post, you cant just upload any machine or external hard drive. It effectively only syncs one machine at a time. Its basically $4.99 for each hard drive.

Apr 29, 2007, 04:46 AM	#22
Mitthrawnuruodo Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bergen, Norway	Ok, this actually seems like a good idea... ...but why does it have to be so frelling s l o w . . . ? I started a 1.4 GB backup last evening, and now - 12 hrs later - it's about half done... At this rate I'm not going to go for the unlimited ed. to backup >50 GB of music... it would take more or less forever... __________________ Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly... why, they are simply doomed.

Apr 29, 2007, 05:01 AM	#25
Mitthrawnuruodo Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bergen, Norway	I (at least should) have 1Mbit up speed on my ADSL, but according to the Mozy Backup Status the speed is around 20-60Kb/s, with just a few peaks at around 100Kb/s (but also slowdowns down to ~10Kb/s), nowhere near what I should be getting... Now, I know this - at least in part - has to do with the fact that I'm backing up lots and lots of small files, that typically will be slower than one giant file with the same, total weight, but still... Oh, well... patience is not only a card game... __________________ Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly... why, they are simply doomed.

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