USER'S GUIDE
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.
2 Backup In this section Basic concepts ............................................................................................ 7 What you can and cannot back up............................................................. 8 Backing up to local or network storage ..................................................... 8 Backing up to Acronis Cloud ...................................................................... 9 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] To update your backup automatically, click Settings, and then configure the backup schedule. Refer to Scheduling (p. 11) for details. 6.
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. 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 Creating an Acronis account (p. 12) for details. 5.
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.
2. Clear the check boxes next to the items that you want to exclude, and then click OK. 2.7 Selecting Acronis Cloud data center When you create a backup to Acronis Cloud, your data is uploaded to one of the Acronis data centers located in different countries. Initially, the data center is defined as the one closest to your location when you create your Acronis account. Afterwards, your online backups and synced files are stored in the same data center, by default.
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. Open this message and confirm that you wish to create an account. 2.8.2 Subscription to Acronis Cloud Performing backups to Acronis Cloud requires subscription to the Acronis Cloud service.
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. 15) 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.
Recovery from a backup stored in local or network storage To recover files and folders: 1. Open Acronis True Image 2015. 2. On the left pane, select the backup that contains the files and folders to recover. 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.
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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