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Table of contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................3 1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™ 2015? .......................................................................................3 1.2 New in this version ....................................................................................................................3 1.3 System requirements.............................................................
1 Introduction In this section What is Acronis® True Image™ 2015? ....................................................... 3 New in this version..................................................................................... 3 System requirements ................................................................................. 4 Install, update or remove Acronis True Image 2015.................................. 4 Trial version information..................................................................
1.3 System requirements Supported operating systems: OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 OS X Mavericks 10.9 OS X Yosemite 10.10 Supported file systems: Mac OS Extended format (case-insensitive) FAT32 exFAT NTFS (read-only) You cannot back up data to a disk with an NTFS file system. However, you can recover data from a backup located on this type of file system.
3. Double-click the Acronis True Image 2015 setup file (the file has a .dmg extension). 4. Drag the Acronis True Image 2015 icon to the Applications folder. When you start Acronis True Image 2015 for the first time, you must enter the serial number or start the trial version of the product. Update Acronis True Image 2015 notifies you automatically when an update is available from the Acronis website. You can download it, and then install it over your version of Acronis True Image 2015.
Installing the trial version To start using the trial version, install the product, and then click Start Trial. Refer to Install, update or remove Acronis True Image 2015 (p. 4) for details. Upgrading to the full version To upgrade to the full version of the product: 1. Purchase the full version at the Acronis website: www.acronis.com/redirector/products/timac2014/getfullversion/. 2. Open Acronis True Image 2015. 3. On the menu bar, click Acronis True Image 2015, and then click Enter Serial Number. 4.
To send a feedback to Acronis: 1. In the Acronis True Image 2015 menu, click Send feedback. The feedback form opens. 2. 3. 4. 5. Choose a feedback reason from the list. Type your message. Provide your name and email. [Optional step] You can also attach a file and Acronis system report. An Acronis system report contains various technical information, including information about your hardware configuration, OS X version, system log, event log of Acronis True Image 2015, and your backup settings.
2 Backup In this section Basic concepts ............................................................................................ 8 What you can and cannot back up............................................................. 9 Backing up to local or network storage ..................................................... 9 Backing up to Acronis Cloud ....................................................................10 Scheduling .............................................................................
version, Acronis True Image 2015 automatically deletes the oldest version of the backup. As a result, you always have the ten most recent backup versions. Note: In the case of a local or network backup location, you can create more than 10 versions by setting a new destination for the backup. The versions stored in the previous location will not be deleted. 2.2 What you can and cannot back up The table below shows what and where you can back up.
3. Click the backup source icon, select the disks that you want to back up, and then click OK. 4. Click the backup destination icon, select where you want to save the backup file to, and then click OK. If the location is not listed, click Select Other Destination, and then select a location. 5. [Optional step] Configure additional settings. You can: Exclude files and folders manually at Settings —> Exclusions. Refer to Excluding items from backups (p. 12) for details.
Note: To delete a backup, select it, and then click the minus sign. The backup will be removed from the list, and the backup files will be deleted from the backup storage. 3. Click the backup source icon, select the disks that you want to back up, and then click OK. 4. Click the backup destination icon, select Acronis Cloud, and then click OK. If you are not signed in yet, enter the email address and password of your Acronis account, and then click Sign In.
2.5 Scheduling For your backups to be really helpful, they should be as up-to-date as possible. Schedule your backups to run on a regular basis. By default, your Mac is backed up weekly. To schedule the backup: 1. Click Settings, choose backup frequency, and then specify the start time. Do not schedule This option turns scheduling off. Daily The backup starts once a day and at the time that you specify. Weekly The backup starts every week on the selected days and at the specified time.
Acronis True Image 2015 analyzes the backup source and suggests that you exclude your local data that can be downloaded from third-party Cloud storage. Excluding items manually To exclude files and folders manually: 1. When configuring a backup, click Settings, and then click Exclusions. 2. Click the Plus sign, and then click one of the following: Exclude specific file or folder Browse to the item that you want to exclude, select it, and then click Exclude.
Yandex.Disk SugarSync Acronis True Image 2015 suggests that you exclude data only when the following conditions are met: The third-party service is currently enabled. There is more than 250 MB of data stored in the corresponding folder. To exclude items from an online backup: 1. Before you start the backup process, click Optimize backup below the backup source icon. 2. Clear the check boxes next to the items that you want to exclude, and then click Done. 2.
To select a data center: 1. When configuring an online backup, click Settings, and then click Advanced. 2. Select the country that is closest to your current location, and then click OK. 2.8 What is Acronis Cloud? Remote storage On the one hand, Acronis Cloud is a secure remote storage which you can use to store your backups. Because files are stored in remote storage, you can recover the entire contents of your Mac if a disaster or data corruption event occurs.
To create an Acronis account: 1. 2. 3. 4. Open Acronis True Image 2015. Select Acronis Cloud as a destination for your backup. The login window will open. Click Create Account. Fill in the registration form. To keep your personal data secure, choose a strong password for your account, guard it from falling into the wrong hands, and change it from time to time. 5. Click Create Account. 6. A message will be sent to the email address that you specified.
4. Select the drive that you want to make bootable. 5. Click Create Media. If the drive is not empty, Acronis True Image 2015 will ask you to confirm deleting all the data stored on the drive. To confirm, click Erase. 6. When the progress is complete, disconnect the media and keep it in a safe place. You can store your own data on the media, but make sure that you do not delete or modify the Acronis boot files.
When the failure cause is a virus, malware or corruption of system files, recover the system from the backup. Refer to Recovering your Mac (p. 18) for details. To determine source of the problem: 1. Check the cables, connectors, power of external devices, etc. 2. Restart your Mac. Press and hold the Option key while the Mac is starting. The recovery menu will be displayed. 3. Choose Disk Utility from the list, and then click Continue. 4. Select the disk that you want to check, and then click First Aid.
4. Choose Acronis Media as a device to boot from. The OS X Utilities list is displayed. 5. Select Recover from Acronis True Image Backup, and then click Continue. 6. In the window that opens, choose the location of your backup: Local or network storage—select your backup, and then click Open. Acronis Cloud—sign in to your Acronis account, select your backup, and then click Open. 7. From the list, select the backup version from which you want to recover your Mac, and then click Next.
Can I back up my Boot Camp partition separately? No, you can't. Acronis True Image 2015 allows you to create disk-level backups only. Back up the hard drive that contains the Boot Camp partition, instead. How do I recover my Boot Camp partition? You can do this in the bootable media environment. At the recovery source and destination selection step, select all the listed partitions. This will recover the entire hard drive.
3. Click Recover Files. The window with the backup contents opens. 4. In the Backup version list, select the backup version by its backup date. When you complete the procedure, the files and folders will be recovered to the state they were in on that date. 5. Browse to the file or folder that you want to recover. You can also use the Search field. 6. To start recovery, drag the file or folder to a destination in the Finder.
Recovering the latest versions of files and folders To recover files and folders: 1. On the Files tab of the Acronis Cloud web application, browse to the file or folder that you want to recover. You can also use the Search field. 2. To start recovery, click Download. The selected data will be downloaded to the Downloads folder. Recovering the previous file versions Note that this option is not applicable to folders. To recover a specific file version: 1.
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