Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Windows

Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by krzrak on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:06AM (#11479664)

$50/year and you have to provide your own storage? Can somebody explain to me how they are competitive, i.e. in comparison with Crashplan or Backblaze?

edit: my bad, it's $50 for one time purchase, not a year.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by jaxondu on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:41AM (#11479956)

Its $50 one time purchase for new purchase. The upgrade from Arq 4 is $25. During store checkout, you can also choose to add a "Lifetime Upgrades" at $30 which will give you free upgrades for Arq 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 etc.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by Jenkins2000 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @12:08PM (#11480787)

I purchased the Lifetime Upgrades in September 2015. Now it tells me there is a $25 upgrade fee to go to version 5. I emailed support a few hours ago to confirm. If this is true, I am extremely disappointed and feel cheated. Notice on the form to buy a new license it doesn't say anything about "Lifetime Upgrades for this major version _only_ which will be obsolete in a few months". I sure hope this is just a bug that they will fix.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by leejoramo on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:07PM (#11481357)

There is an apology for the delay on twitter. Looks like your license for Arq 5 should be coming.

https://twitter.com/arqbackup/status/719924424263249920

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by Jenkins2000 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:21PM (#11481518)

Thanks! My faith in them has been restored :)

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by sreitshamer on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @02:42PM (#11482341)

We're sending Arq 5 license codes to all lifetime purchasers. Sorry for the delay. If you don't get one today please email [email protected].

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by ghshephard on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:24AM (#11479813)

It's a one time fee for really awesome software. Upgrades are every couple years, and only about $25. My backup bills on AWS have never been more than $3/month (I only backup my actual documents) - and you have total control - don't have to worry about the policy engine at BackBlaze/CrashPlan arbitrarily deleting old hard drives that haven't been plugged in.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by tuix on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:12AM (#11479717)

It's not per year, it's for current major version (if you don't want lifetime upgrade option).

edit: You get a free upgrade if there is a major version released within 90 days of your order (if you don't order lifetime upgrade of course)

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by pdgwien on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:12AM (#11479712)

Where do you see $50/year? From what I can gather, that is a one-time fee.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by MichaelGG on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:33PM (#11481646)

Even at $50/yr, what are the options for locally-controlled encrypted backups? Tarsnap, but it has a less friendly UI.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by pvg on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:19AM (#11479768)

It also has no wireless.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by davidjhall on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:28AM (#11479850)

Not sure where you see that?

On the features page, https://www.arqbackup.com/features/, under "Limit Network Impact", the image lists whether to use all wireless or no wireless.

I don't have the software so I can't confirm.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by ProblemFactory on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:33AM (#11479889)

It is probably a reference to the (in)famous launch review of iPod on Slashdot: https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i...

> No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

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