Using the app (CrashPlan)
- Get started with CrashPlan
- Welcome to automatic backup that stays out of your way while you work. When you need to recover a file or a version of a file, the Code42 app makes it easy to browse, search, and download files from all of the devices on your account.
- Changes to the Code42 app beginning in version 6 (CrashPlan)
- Check the status of your backup in CrashPlan
- Code42 app system requirements for CrashPlan
- Create your account in the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Install the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Open the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Optimize energy settings for CrashPlan
- Sign in to the Code42 console for CrashPlan
- Sign up with newly deployed Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Uninstall the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Back up files with CrashPlan
- A great backup solution is one that you don’t notice until you need it. That’s why the Code42 app is designed to work continuously, use resources efficiently, and protect your files securely. This guide provides an overview and step-by-step tutorials on backing up. These articles assume you’ve already reviewed our getting started guide.
- Back up and restore Adobe Lightroom using CrashPlan
- Back up and restore music and video libraries with CrashPlan
- Back up and restore photo libraries with CrashPlan
- Back up applications with CrashPlan
- Back up cloud services using CrashPlan
- Back up Dropbox using CrashPlan
- Back up encrypted files and locations with CrashPlan
- Back up Evernote using CrashPlan
- Back up external hard drives using CrashPlan
- Back up Google Drive files using CrashPlan
- Back up Microsoft OneDrive files using CrashPlan
- Back up Microsoft Outlook data with CrashPlan
- Back up networked storage or NAS devices with CrashPlan
- Back up open files and databases using CrashPlan
- Back up the AppData folder in Windows (CrashPlan)
- Back up to an external drive with CrashPlan
- Back up virtual machines and separate boot partitions using CrashPlan
- Code42 app cache files (CrashPlan)
- Deduplication, compression, and your backup (CrashPlan)
- File verification scan (CrashPlan)
- How CrashPlan backup works
- Introduction to Code42 archives (CrashPlan)
- Manually start a CrashPlan backup
- Photographer's backup guide for CrashPlan
- Synchronization in CrashPlan
- What should you back up with CrashPlan?
- Restore files with CrashPlan
- File backup is about more than just recovering files after a disaster — it’s about having access to your files and file history, no matter what the reason.
- Download files after replacing a drive using CrashPlan
- Download files from an external drive to a new device or drive using CrashPlan
- Restore files from the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Download files from the web using CrashPlan
- How CrashPlan file decryption works during downloads
- Restore Apple Mail using CrashPlan
- Restore Microsoft Outlook data using CrashPlan
- Restore Mozilla Firefox bookmarks and settings using CrashPlan
- Restore Safari bookmarks and settings using CrashPlan
- Restore your iTunes library using CrashPlan
- Retain and download deleted files using CrashPlan
- CrashPlan supported metadata
- Use the Code42 app for CrashPlan to help upgrade your operating system
- Configuring the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- This guide is intended to help you get the most out of Code42 CrashPlan. Learn how to change what's backing up, speed up your backup, replace a computer, and more in the articles below.
- Archive encryption key security for CrashPlan: Advice for users
- Attach a CrashPlan archive
- Change the file selection (CrashPlan)
- Change the language setting in CrashPlan
- Change your CrashPlan archive key password
- Change your CrashPlan password
- Choose multiple destinations for CrashPlan
- Code42 app and Time Machine (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app version 8.2.0 changes to application and service names for CrashPlan
- Computer identities: How they work (CrashPlan)
- Create a new CrashPlan archive key password
- Backup sets (CrashPlan)
- Delete a CrashPlan backup archive
- Delete files from your CrashPlan backup archive
- Enable archive key password security for CrashPlan backups
- Enable custom key security for CrashPlan backups
- Exclude networks used for backup (CrashPlan)
- Exclude or filter files using file type and regular expressions (regex) in CrashPlan
- How to use soft and hard links with the Code42 app in CrashPlan
- Move and rename files in your CrashPlan backup selection
- Move a CrashPlan backup archive to a new folder or drive
- Multiple CrashPlan backup sets with a single destination
- Pause CrashPlan backups and downloads
- Rename your CrashPlan device backup
- Replace a device with a different operating system or file system using CrashPlan
- Replace the correct device using CrashPlan
- Replace your device using CrashPlan
- Set and answer a Crashplan recovery question
- Sign out of the Code42 app (CrashPlan)
- Specify CrashPlan version settings
- Unsupported Code42 app configurations (CrashPlan)
- View your backed-up files with CrashPlan
- Troubleshooting CrashPlan
- The articles in this guide include troubleshooting information and related solutions for issues you may encounter with CrashPlan. This guide also documents known issues.
- Adjust Code42 app settings for memory usage with large backups (CrashPlan)
- Assign your computer a new ID (CrashPlan)
- Backups stall due to too many open files (CrashPlan)
- Cannot access Code42 app logs on Mac (CrashPlan)
- Cannot connect to background service in CrashPlan
- Cannot connect to destination (CrashPlan)
- Cannot open Code42 app due to uncaught exception error (CrashPlan)
- Can't find files after replacing a device using CrashPlan
- Clear the Code42 app cache (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app and Mac metadata for CrashPlan
- Code42 app and QuickBooks (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app does not restart after Linux reboots or upgrades (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app does not run (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app installer does not open on some Windows installations (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app prompts for archive key password or custom key at startup (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app status messages in CrashPlan
- Code42 commands for CrashPlan
- Connection shows network blocked (CrashPlan)
- Connect to Code42 cloud destinations from a proxy server in CrashPlan
- Contacting backup server message prevents web restore (CrashPlan)
- Destination unavailable (CrashPlan)
- Disable computer-to-computer backup in CrashPlan
- External drives appear not selected for backup on Mac (CrashPlan)
- External drive stops backing up on Mac (CrashPlan)
- File selection shows 0MB selected (CrashPlan)
- Forgot your archive key password or custom encryption key? (CrashPlan)
- How does the Code42 app detect away and present settings? (CrashPlan)
- How to combine CrashPlan email reports
- Installing the Code42 app prompts for access to contacts, calendar, and tasks (CrashPlan)
- Is my CrashPlan backup starting over?
- Known conflicts with the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Linux real-time file watching errors in CrashPlan
- macOS not backing up files with personal data in CrashPlan
- Mac Migration Assistant, Time Machine, and the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Preserve non-English characters in filenames during a web restore in CrashPlan
- Prevent unwanted OneDrive file downloads in CrashPlan
- Read Code42 app log files (CrashPlan)
- Real-time changes not detected in CrashPlan
- Recover files infected by CryptoLocker or CryptoWall using CrashPlan
- Recover from viruses and malware using CrashPlan
- Red circle on restored Mac files using CrashPlan (restricted permissions)
- Renamed or "missing" external drive stops backup (CrashPlan)
- Resolve JET Runtime unrecoverable error in CrashPlan
- Restore files during synchronization using CrashPlan
- Speed up your backup using CrashPlan
- Stop and start the Code42 app service (CrashPlan)
- Test your network connection (CrashPlan)
- Troubleshoot backups of Microsoft Outlook data with CrashPlan
- Unable to back up files with CrashPlan (Linux)
- Unable to back up files with CrashPlan (Mac)
- Unable to back up files with CrashPlan (Windows)
- Unable to connect to backup engine on devices with a custom localhost address (CrashPlan)
- Unable to open Zip file from web restore (CrashPlan)
- Unable to remove default backup set in CrashPlan
- Unable to restore using CrashPlan
- Unable to restore specific files using CrashPlan
- Understand and troubleshoot backing up open files with Windows VSS (CrashPlan)
- Understand and troubleshoot backup issues with Mac file watching services (CrashPlan)
- Understand and troubleshoot frequency and version settings (CrashPlan)
- Uninstall and reinstall the Code42 app for CrashPlan
- Update file verification scan schedule (CrashPlan)
- Windows user permissions requirements for CrashPlan
- Use the Code42 app on a device with limited resources (CrashPlan)
- Use the Code42 app with limited bandwidth (CrashPlan)
- What to do after receiving a backup alert for CrashPlan
- Where are my files? (CrashPlan)
- Why are files "missing" from my backup selection in CrashPlan
- Why does the Code42 app show a different number of files than my computer? (CrashPlan)
- Windows file paths longer than 255 characters (CrashPlan)
- Code42 app reference for CrashPlan
- Wondering what a button or option does? The links below provide detailed explanations of the CrashPlan features, functionality, and options available for each operating system.
- Code42 app glossary for CrashPlan
- List of CrashPlan user-related terms and definitions.
- On-premises
- In-depth resources for managing the Code42 app in an on-premises Code42 environment.