Operation Manual

If your Mac is switched off or it is in the sleep mode when the scheduled time comes, the backup will

run the next time the Mac starts or when it wakes up.

2.6 Excluding items from backups

Before you start a backup, you can reduce the backup size by excluding data that does not need to be

backed up.

You can exclude files and folders the following ways:

 Manually, from any backup

To exclude an item, specify it explicitly or use a mask.

 Automatically, from a backup to Acronis Cloud

Acronis True Image 2016 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.

 Exclude by mask

Enter an exclusion mask by using wildcard characters (* and ?), and then click Exclude.

Examples of exclusion masks:

 *.ext - all files with an .ext extension will be excluded.