What's new - Backup for Mac v 2.7.0.28

Hello everyone. We have released Backup for Mac v 2.7.0.28 - both Managed and Standalone versions.


Managed Backup (compared to Backup v 2.6.1) only has 2 new storage regions supported along with minor improvements.

  • AWS eu-north-1 (Stockholm) region supported
  • Wasabi us-west-1 (Hillsboro, OR) region supported

For Standalone Backup (compared to Backup v 2.6.0) there’s more

New features:

  • Amazon S3: One Zone-IA storage class supported

Supported in backup plan wizard in WebUI, GUI, CLI
Not supported in lifecycle policy editor (should be in a near future patch)

  • Amazon S3: eu-north-1 (Stockholm) region supported

  • B2 application key supported

No need to use the master key now.
Setup actions stay unchanged.

  • Wasabi: us-west-1 (Hillsboro, OR) region supported

Bugs fixed (only the most common):

  • Failure on backup of files with special characters such as diacritics in the name (for example in Spanish and Dutch languages)

  • Issues with incorrect backup plan status and file backup status

  • Tooltip inconsistencies across the product

UX improvements (only the most important)

  • CLI: now proxy can be enabled before an MBS user is signed in

  • CLI: now WebUI can be enabled before an MBS user is signed in

  • WebUI: in History by Files there’s now the Message field

  • WebUI: drop-down list with storage class selection

  • GUI: “Backup service not running” message upon start