{"id":1045,"date":"2021-05-30T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2021-05-30T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T15:43:47","slug":"sync-your-external-drive-to-backblaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/30\/sync-your-external-drive-to-backblaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Sync Your External Drive to BackBlaze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve got everything synced to the external drive attached to the PC, its time to backup our external drive with BackBlaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup.html#af9w6v\">you can use my affiliate link to register an account<\/a> (it costs you nothing, but helps me fund this site).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, download and install backblaze personal.  <a href=\"https:\/\/help.backblaze.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/1260804002669-Beginner-s-Guide-to-Personal-Online-Backup\">BackBlaze has good support here<\/a>.  When executing the setup, make sure to include your external USB drive as part of your backup solution.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nNow that we&#8217;ve got everything synced to the external drive attached to&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/30\/sync-your-external-drive-to-backblaze\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Sync Your External Drive to BackBlaze&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,36],"tags":[134,133,135,6],"course":[132],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-home-networking","category-synology","tag-backblaze","tag-backup","tag-cloud","tag-synology","course-backup_your_synology_nas_to_backblaze","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1029,"url":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/29\/backup-synology-to-backblaze-prerequisites\/","url_meta":{"origin":1045,"position":0},"title":"Backup Synology to BackBlaze Prerequisites","author":"Bullyrook","date":"May 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In this course I'll explain how to backup your Synology NAS to BackBlaze using the personal backup plan. 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