ChangesĬrashPlan is smarter about backing up, using less bandwidth and disk space. Thanks to our loyal customers who reported these problems. Much better!Bug FixesSome users, under certain conditions may have noticed issues that prevented CrashPlan from performing as expected. Now when you uninstall CrashPlan, the Uninstaller runs in an application window. The Mac Uninstaller no longer runs in terminal. This means no security warnings on Windows installations. The Windows installer is now code signed. In other words, backups complete faster! Here's what changed:Data de-duplication is even more efficient at finding data matches in your files, which means less data to back up! CrashPlan's default backup file selection has been improved on Windows and Mac. Easy to use, fast and lightweight, it ensures that either online or offline, you'll never have to worry about losing your data again.ĬrashPlan is smarter about backing up, using less bandwidth and disk space. It simply goes straight into the backup and only informed me that the disk is full only when it reached that stage.ĬrashPlan is an excellent piece of backup software. The only complaint I'd make about CrashPlan is that it should have detected that my external hard drive was not big enough to backup my hard drive. It consumes very little of your CPU as it backs up, leaving you to get on with more important things. However, if you choose to backup to an external drive, then in my case, 60GB gave me an estimated time of five hours, which isn't bad.Įvery step of the way, CrashPlan explains clearly what is happening and what will happen next. If you choose to backup online, anything more than 2 GB could take a long, long time, so be prepared to wait. Then all you have to do is choose a method for backing up. The installation wizard requires four simple steps to setup a CrashPlan account including your email address, username and configuring a password. Getting started with CrashPlan couldn't be easier.