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Arq for Mac

Online backup to Google Drive, Amazon Glacier, SFTP.

$49.99
In English
4.2
Based on 111 user rates

Arq overview

Arq is super-easy online backup for Mac and Windows computers. Back up to your own cloud account (Amazon Cloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Cloud Storage, any S3-compatible server), your SFTP server, or your NAS. On OS X, Arq backs up and faithfully restores all the special metadata of Mac files that other products don't, including resource forks, ACLs, and creator codes.

  • Following the initial backup, Arq automatically makes incremental backups every hour, every day, uploading just the files that have changed since your last backup. Arq keeps hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups for everything older than a month.
  • Arq lets you set a budget for storage, and it automatically drops the oldest backups to keep within the budget.
  • Arq backs up everything with no limits. It backs up files of any size, external drives, and network drives.
  • Arq compresses and "de-duplicates" your backups, never storing the same file twice in the cloud. Arq encrypts all your backups with a password that never leaves your computer, so no one can read your cloud backups.
  • You can back up to multiple accounts. Back up some files to Glacier, some to S3, some to an SFTP server, etc.

What’s new in version 7.26.3

  • Fixed an issue where an in-progress backup record could be left behind when the backup finishes and no changes have been detected since the previous complete backup record.
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Arq for Mac

$49.99
In English
Version 7.26.3
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.2

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dbona475
dbona475
Jun 2 2021
7.5.10
3.0
Jun 2 2021
3.0
Version: 7.5.10
I'm glad that I can back up everything with no limits, Everything is in safe. Thanks((((((((((
Mcr
Mcr
Apr 22 2021
7.5.1
5.0
Apr 22 2021
5.0
Version: 7.5.1
Was formerly using CloudBerry Backup (aka MSP360), having found it adequate on the Windows platform, gave the Mac version a try. Decided to try Arq last month during their 25% off sale for the Premium service ($39.99 for FIVE computers [Mac or Windows] for a year). $8 per computer for a year including cloud storage, hard to beat. I've been very pleased. The UI is better than Cloudberry, support is better (Cloudberry stand alone has NO support, only available if you opt for the expensive 'backup service'). Web access to files with Arq is far easier than Cloudberry. I'm still using Cloudberry for Windows, backing up to B2. With Arq I can also use B2 or the included storage that comes with Arq Premium. It would seem Cloudberry started out on Windows, then got into the Mac market. Arq appears to have started with the Mac, then branched out to Windows. Cloudberry's Windows client is so superior to their Mac client, it will be interesting to see if Arq's Windows client is on par with the Mac client.
tony.scicchitano@me.com
tony.scicchitano@me.com
Mar 22 2021
7.2.3
5.0
Mar 22 2021
5.0
Version: 7.2.3
Arq 7 is running perfectly on my M1 MacBook Air. Backup it up to Backblaze B2 and to a local network share. Also backing up a network share to B2. All works without any issues!
Dominikhoffmann
Dominikhoffmann
Nov 21 2020
5.19.2
4.0
Nov 21 2020
4.0
Version: 5.19.2
I am beta testing Version 7. No problems so far. I’d award the fifth star, once an update were to provide functionality sought by reviewer Ionos below. I had never considered those points. But I migrated from Wasabi to Microsoft OneDrive (because it was included in my Office subscription for free), but I would have appreciated being able to migrate from Wasabi.
Bupkis
Bupkis
May 9 2020
5.18
0.0
May 9 2020
0.0
Version: 5.18
This app is now up to version 6.2.11. Arq 6 is much improved over Arq 5. Why does the new version not appear here?
arcabdallarabie-1
arcabdallarabie-1
May 18 2023
7.19.11
5.0
May 18 2023
5.0
Version: 7.19.11
RobertAudi
RobertAudi
Sep 29 2022
7.19.5
5.0
Sep 29 2022
5.0
Version: 7.19.5
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Apr 15 2022
7.19
5.0
Apr 15 2022
5.0
Version: 7.19
dbona475
dbona475
Jun 2 2021
7.5.10
3.0
Jun 2 2021
3.0
Version: 7.5.10
nicolewilson
nicolewilson
Jun 2 2021
7.5.10
4.0
Jun 2 2021
4.0
Version: 7.5.10
Dominikhoffmann
Dominikhoffmann
Nov 21 2020
4.0
Nov 21 2020
4.0
Version: null
Michael-Vilain
Michael-Vilain
Apr 21 2020
1.0
Apr 21 2020
1.0
Version: null
Ionos
Ionos
Nov 24 2019
2.0
Nov 24 2019
2.0
Version: null
stoltenberg
stoltenberg
Jun 22 2019
5.0
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5.0
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Widber
Widber
Jun 18 2019
5.0
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Stevie24
Apr 25 2019
5.0
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Cyzor
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5.0
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WetNet
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5.0
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Aeschylus
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5.0
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anonymous-mole
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5.0
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Bfulop
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5.0
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5.0
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Stainless-Steel
Jul 2 2018
4.0
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4.0
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Sep 4 2017
1.0
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isdn
Aug 15 2017
5.0
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5.0
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Jef4
Jul 29 2017
5.0
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5.0
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robfol
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TCalhau
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jmbcse
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3.0
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3.0
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iksretep
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5.0
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5.0
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Sandro-Bilbeisi
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pietz
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4.0
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Heretico
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5.0
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owi5mmni
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5.0
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5.0
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Jimmysmits
Jan 6 2016
5.0
Jan 6 2016
5.0
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memyslfandi
Sep 21 2015
5.0
Sep 21 2015
5.0
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Sreitshamer
Sep 13 2015
1.5
Sep 13 2015
1.5
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ashpole-mba
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5.0
Aug 24 2015
5.0
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Luoto
Aug 24 2015
5.0
Aug 24 2015
5.0
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Magister-Navis
Aug 24 2015
5.0
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5.0
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jman-1
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5.0
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5.0
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Yoshita
Jul 19 2015
5.0
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5.0
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George6
Jul 4 2015
2.5
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2.5
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Bigboysdad
Jun 11 2015
5.0
Jun 11 2015
5.0
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Tedg
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5.0
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5.0
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