Disable computer sleep as Backblaze can't operate when your computer is sleeping (Mac -> Energy Saver system preference.You may find optimizing your computer and Backblaze's settings will help to improve backup speeds: For more on how geographic distance can affect your speeds, please follow this link for international users. Latency can be caused by general internet connection, and geographic/network distance. This can cause the overall speed to be reduced. Latency in the connection from your computer to our servers.Comcast PowerBoost or other 'temporary speed enhancers' fool the Speed Test into thinking you have more bandwidth than you do.Other bandwidth-heavy applications (such as videoconferencing, sync, remote desktop, online gaming, etc.) are using your bandwidth.Other computers are on your network and using your bandwidth.

If you are not able to back up at the speed shown by the Speed Test, the most common reasons are: You can test your connection to the Backblaze Personal Backup data centers by using our Speed Test. We have guides on accessing these settings for Mac and Windows. If you have a faster connection and you'd like to try maximizing our utilization of your bandwidth, you can disable the Automatic Threading/Throttle setting and slide the Manual Throttle setting to the right to back up faster. By default, Backblaze Personal backup will automatically test your connection to our data centers, then use performance settings to maximize your backup speed while avoiding major impacts to your regular computer usage.

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