Operation Manual

 Files and folders

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. 14) for details.

 Configure the backup schedule at Settings —> Schedule. Refer to Scheduling (p. 13) for

details.

 Protect your backup with a password and encryption at Settings —> Encryption. Select the

Encrypt backup check box, and then type a password. Please memorize this password,

because it cannot be retrieved.

Acronis True Image 2016 protects your backups with an AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

cryptographic algorithm using a 256-bit encryption key.

6. After you have configured all settings and you are ready to start a backup, click Start Backup.

To recover your Mac from a Acronis True Image backup, you must have an Acronis bootable media. If

you do not have one, please create it. Refer to Creating bootable rescue media (p. 19) for details.

2.4 Backing up to Acronis Cloud

To start using Acronis Cloud:

 Create an Acronis account (p. 17), if you do not have one.

 Subscribe to the Acronis Cloud service (p. 17).

To back up your Mac to Acronis Cloud:

1. Open Acronis True Image 2016.

2. Perform one of the following: