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6. In the opened window, select the check boxes next to the files and folders that you want to back
up, and then click OK.
7. Click the Backup destination area, and then select a destination for backup:
 Acronis Cloud—Sign in to your Acronis account, and then click OK.
If you do not have an Acronis account, click Create account, type your email address,
password, and then click the Create account button. Refer to Acronis account (p. 27) for
details.
 Your external drive—When an external drive is plugged into your computer, you can select it
from the list.
 NAS—Select an NAS from the list of found NAS devices. If you have only one NAS, Acronis
True Image 2021 will suggest using it as a backup destination by default.
 Browse—Select a destination from the folder tree.
8. [optional step] Click Options to set the options for the backup, including Schedule (p. 51),
Scheme (p. 54), and Password protection (p. 63). For more information see Backup options (p.
51).
To exclude files with a digital signature from the backup, select the Do not notarize digitally
signed files check box on the Exclusions tab. Refer to Excluding items from backup (p. 61) for
details.
9. [optional step] Click the Add a comment icon, and then type a comment to the backup version.
Backup comments will help you to find the necessary version later, when recovering your data.
10. Perform one of the following:
 To run the backup immediately, click Back up now.
 To run the backup later or on a schedule, click the down arrow to the right of the Back up
now button, and then click Later.
When you back up your data to Acronis Cloud, the first backup may take a considerable amount of time to
complete. Further backup processes will likely be much faster, because only changes to files will be transferred
over the Internet.