The initial setup of CubeBackup is a little complicated, and some of our users might run into the “Google Apps authorization failed!” error when clicking the “Test” button in the initial configuration of CubeBackup. If you have carefully followed the instructions at https://www.cubebackup.com/first-time-run.html, but still failed to pass the authorization test, please check the followings steps: […]
Initial Configuration Details for CubeBackup
Some customers have been concerned that the initial configuration of CubeBackup is too complicated, and they cannot understand why a simple authorization requires so many operations. In this post, I’d like to discuss OAuth 2.0 Service account and present a more detailed explanation of CubeBackup’s initial configuration. Although it may seem complicated at first, the […]
Hotfix for CubeBackup
The new version of CubeBackup, version 2.6.8, has just been released. This is a hotfix version to solve the problems caused by recent changes in Google Drive APIs. We strongly suggest all CubeBackup users upgrade to this version as soon as possible. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but this upgrade is not optional. What’s […]
How to backup Google Workspace data to Dropbox
Dropbox is undoubtedly one of the most widely used cloud storage. It is available on almost all platforms, from Windows, MacOSX, Linux to nearly all mobile operating systems. Dropbox guarantees that all your files will be protected by 256-bit AES encryption, and all files are transferred through SSL/TLS secure tunnel. What’s more, compared with Google’s privacy […]
CubeBackup 2.6 released
We are proud to announce the release of CubeBackup version 2.6. If you are using an old version of CubeBackup, you may have already received a prompt to upgrade. You can easily upgrade to the new version at any time by using the “Check for update” feature. New features in CubeBackup 2.6 Support for secondary […]
How to speed up backups for large organizations
Schools or large companies with hundreds of users can easily accumulate terabytes of Google Apps data, including tens of millions of Gmail messages. This presents a serious problem for backup strategies – the initial backup may take months or even longer! One reason for this is that CubeBackup performs user backups one by one in […]
CubeBackup 2.0 is released
Today we are shipping CubeBackup 2.0, a major release that has been in the works for 3 months. There are lots of bug fixes and feature improvements in the new version. Can I continue to stay with CubeBackup 1.x? No, you can’t! Based on Google’s API deprecation statement http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2014/12/reminder-to-migrate-to-updated-google.html and https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth_ref, several APIs used […]
Price for educational organizations
Recently, we’ve received a lot of emails inquiring about the pricing for Non-Profit/Educational organizations. Since Google Apps is so popular among students and educators, these users are also very important to us at CubeBackup. We are pleased to offer a discount for Non-Profit/Educational organizations: $99 USD/year Up to 50 accounts $499 USD/year […]
CubeBackup is selected for Google Startup Launch
As a development team that focuses on Google platform, our products are heavily related to Google’s APIs. We are glad to know that our team has been selected for Startup Launch by Google’s Developer Relations team. Google Startup launch offers a series of events and training resources for startup teams, as well as free Google cloud service […]
Introduce Google Apps development at GDG DevFest conference
Last weekend, I was invited as a lecturer in the Google Developer Group DevFest 2014 Beijing to introduce Google Apps development as well as our product CubBackup. DevFest is the biggest annual activity for GDG, where developers who are interested in Google’s technology can meet each other and learn new technologies together. Though most of Google’s […]