What “The specified path is too long. Shorten the path or enable NTFS long paths in your system.” error means

By default, the maximum path length limit in Windows is 260 characters. So if you see “The specified path is too long. Shorten the path or enable NTFS long paths in your system.” error it means that the length of some paths that are processed by the Backupery application is more than 260. There are …

How to convert Slack JSON exports to HTML

Slack allows you to export data from a workspace or Enterprise Grid organization. After your export is complete, you can download a zip file that contains your workspace message history. Each subdirectory inside the zip file represents a channel (public or private), a direct message conversation, or a group direct message conversation. In most cases …

What to do if my security software reports malware in a Backupery product?

Sometimes our users complain that their security software detects a malware in our apps. This is quite a common problem, and it is called a false positive. The root of the problem is that some antivirus software may occasionally flag an app as malicious if it matches a “signature”, even though the app is absolutely clean …

How to convert a private channel to public on Slack

Update 17 June 2023. Slack released a feature that allows you to convert a private channel to public: https://slack.com/help/articles/213185467-Convert-a-channel-to-private-or-public so the article below is no longer relevant.  Currently, there is no option to convert private channels to public ones on Slack. However, it is possible to do this by exporting the private channel from your …