Operation Manual

Disk-level backup

Backup state icons

The last backup failed.

The backup is in progress.

The last backup was paused by user.

The last backup was stopped by user.

3 Creating bootable rescue media

Bootable rescue media is a removable drive containing boot files. When your Mac does not start, you

use the drive to boot the Acronis recovery environment and recover your Mac from a previously

created backup.

If you do not have a backup yet, please create it. Refer to Backing up to local or network storage (p.

10) and Backing up to Acronis Cloud (p. 11) for details.

Using bootable media is the only way to recover your Mac from an Acronis True Image 2016 backup.

To create Acronis bootable rescue media:

1. Connect a removable drive to your Mac.

The drive must have 4 GB (or more) of free space. For example, you can use an external hard

drive or a USB flash drive. Note that CD and DVD media are not supported.

2. Open Acronis True Image 2016.

3. In the File menu, click Create Rescue Media. The Acronis Media Builder window opens.