Acronis True Image 2019 User Manual

Acronis True Image 2019

USER GUIDE

Table of contents

1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................4

1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™? ................................................................................................ 4

1.2 New in this version .................................................................................................................... 5

1.3 System requirements ................................................................................................................. 5

1.4 Install, update, or remove Acronis True Image 2019 ................................................................ 6

1.5 Activating Acronis True Image 2019 .......................................................................................... 7

1.6 Trial version information ........................................................................................................... 9

1.7 Acronis Customer Experience Program ..................................................................................... 9

1.8 Sending feedback to Acronis ...................................................................................................10

1.9 Application preferences ...........................................................................................................11

1.10 Keyboard shortcuts ..................................................................................................................11

1.11 Integration with Touch Bar ......................................................................................................12

1.12 Technical Support ....................................................................................................................13

2 Backup .......................................................................................................................... 14

2.1 Basic concepts ..........................................................................................................................14

2.2 What you can and cannot back up ..........................................................................................15

2.3 Backing up to local or network storage ...................................................................................16

2.4 Backing up to Acronis Cloud ....................................................................................................17

2.5 Notarized backup .....................................................................................................................19

2.5.1 Using Blockchain technology ........................................................................................................................ 20

2.5.2 Verifying file authenticity .............................................................................................................................. 21

2.5.3 Manual verification of a file's authenticity .................................................................................................. 22

2.6 Backing up mobile devices .......................................................................................................23

2.6.1 Acronis Mobile ............................................................................................................................................... 24

2.6.2 Local destination of mobile backups ........................................................................................................... 24

2.7 Backing up a Facebook account ...............................................................................................25

2.8 Backing up an Instagram account ............................................................................................25

2.9 Backing up Office 365 data ......................................................................................................26

2.10 Scheduling ................................................................................................................................27

2.11 Backup encryption ...................................................................................................................28

2.12 Backup retention rules.............................................................................................................29

2.13 Adding an existing backup to the list .......................................................................................30

2.14 Excluding items from backups .................................................................................................30

2.15 Connection settings .................................................................................................................32

2.16 Network settings for backup ...................................................................................................33

2.17 Backup activity and statistics ...................................................................................................34

2.18 Laptop power settings .............................................................................................................35

2.19 Notifications .............................................................................................................................35

2.20 What is Acronis Cloud? ............................................................................................................36

2.20.1 Creating an Acronis account ......................................................................................................................... 36

2.20.2 Subscription to Acronis Cloud ...................................................................................................................... 37

2.21 Parallels Desktop support ........................................................................................................37

2.22 Backup list icons .......................................................................................................................38

2.23 Sorting backups in the list ........................................................................................................40

3 Creating rescue media .................................................................................................... 41

3.1 Creating bootable rescue media ..............................................................................................41

3.2 Creating an Acronis Survival Kit ...............................................................................................42

4 Recovery ....................................................................................................................... 44

4.1 When do I recover my Mac? ....................................................................................................44

4.2 Recovering your Mac ...............................................................................................................44

4.2.1 FAQ about Boot Camp partition................................................................................................................... 46

4.3 Recovering your files ...............................................................................................................47

4.4 Recovering cloud data from any device ..................................................................................48

4.5 Recovering your Facebook account .........................................................................................49

4.6 Recovering your Instagram account ........................................................................................50

4.7 Recovering Office 365 data ......................................................................................................50

4.8 Searching backup content .......................................................................................................51

4.9 File recovery options ...............................................................................................................51

5 Disk cloning ................................................................................................................... 53

5.1 Clone disk utility.......................................................................................................................53

5.2 Cloning disks ............................................................................................................................53

5.3 Connecting two Macs ..............................................................................................................55

6 Protecting family data .................................................................................................... 56

6.1 What is family data protection? ..............................................................................................56

6.2 Adding a new device ................................................................................................................56

6.3 Backing up any computer ........................................................................................................56

6.4 Recovering data with Online Dashboard .................................................................................57

7 Archiving data................................................................................................................ 58

7.1 What is data archiving? ...........................................................................................................58

7.2 What is excluded from archives? .............................................................................................59

7.3 Cloud archiving vs. Online backup ...........................................................................................59

7.4 Archiving your data ..................................................................................................................60

7.4.1 Network settings for archiving ..................................................................................................................... 61

7.4.2 Archive encryption ........................................................................................................................................ 62

7.5 Accessing your archived files ...................................................................................................62

8 Tools ............................................................................................................................. 63

8.1 Acronis Active Protection ........................................................................................................63

8.1.1 Protecting your data from ransomware ...................................................................................................... 64

8.1.2 Acronis Active Protection settings ............................................................................................................... 65

1.1 Introduction

In this section

What is Acronis® True Image™? ......................................................................................... 4

New in this version .............................................................................................................. 5

System requirements .......................................................................................................... 5

Install, update, or remove Acronis True Image 2019.......................................................... 6

Activating Acronis True Image 2019 ................................................................................... 7

Trial version information ..................................................................................................... 9

Acronis Customer Experience Program .............................................................................. 9

Sending feedback to Acronis ............................................................................................. 10

Application preferences .................................................................................................... 11

Keyboard shortcuts ........................................................................................................... 11

Integration with Touch Bar ............................................................................................... 12

Technical Support ............................................................................................................. 13

1.2 What is Acronis® True Image™?

Acronis True Image 2019 is an application that protects all information on your Mac, including the operating system, applications, settings, and all of your data. To protect your Mac, you need to perform two easy operations:

1. Create a complete backup of your Mac.

This saves your operating system files and all your data to a file called backup. You can store this file in local or network storage or upload it on Acronis Cloud. Refer to Backing up to local or network storage (p. 16) and Backing up to Acronis Cloud (p. 17) for details.

2. Create Acronis bootable media.

This is a removable drive containing boot files. When your Mac cannot start up, this media allows you to start an Acronis recovery environment and use your backup to rollback your Mac to a healthy state. Refer to Creating bootable rescue media (p. 41) for details.

After performing these two steps, you can be sure that you will be able to repair your Mac OS X and recover your lost documents in a few minutes.

Key features:

 Backup of selected disks or entire Mac contents to local or network storage (p. 16) or to Acronis

Cloud (p. 17)

 Backup of selected files and folders to local or network storage (p. 16) or to Acronis Cloud (p. 17)  Data archiving (p. 58)  Family data protection (p. 56)  Creating bootable rescue media (p. 41)  Mac OS X recovery in the bootable media environment  Recovery of specific files and folders under Mac OS X (p. 47)

1.3 New in this version

 Active disk cloning

A clone is an exact replica of your Mac (p. 53) while it is in use – no need to stop and restart your system. Connect a USB-С or Thunderbolt Cable to migrate your Mac, or plug in an external drive for a bootable copy creation. Boot Сamp is supported, as well.

 Fusion Drive cloning

A Fusion Drive is a hybrid drive that combines a relatively slow hard disk drive (HDD) with a fast solid-state drive (SSD). Acronis True Image 2019 allows you to clone a Fusion Drive either to a Fusion Drive or to another target drive.

 Acronis Survival Kit

To recover your Mac in case of a failure, you need to have two crucial components—a backup of your system disk and a bootable rescue media. Acronis Survival Kit (p. 42) is an external hard drive that contains both components so that you can have a single device that has everything you need to recover your Mac. To create an Acronis Survival Kit, you can use an external hard drive or USB flash drive larger than 32 GB.

 Backing up Office 365 data

Acronis True Image can protect your Microsoft Outlook mailboxes and Microsoft OneDrive data by backing them up to secure Acronis Cloud. After uploading to Acronis Cloud, all of the content is available from any device, any time.

 Parallels Desktop virtual machines backup and recovery

Recovering virtual machines on your Mac is completely streamlined now that Acronis True Image uses a native Parallels Desktop technology to back up virtual machines. That means that virtual machines can be recovered and be instantly booted in Parallels Desktop environment.

 Enhanced scheduling flexibility

We are making scheduling easier with a new option that allows starting backups whenever an external drive is connected. Configure a new backup plan, activate the option, and your backup will start automatically the next time you attach the designated USB drive to your Mac.

 Improved Cloud backup

Acronis’ new technology for backing up files to the cloud improves backup speed and

performance. This means the independently proven fastest cloud backup is even better, delivering secure, off-site storage that encrypts your data to ensure your digital privacy.

1.4 System requirements

Supported operating systems:

 macOS Mojave 10.14  macOS High Sierra 10.13  macOS Sierra 10.12  OS X El Capitan 10.11

Supported file systems:

 Apple File System (APFS)  HFS+

 Core Storage  FAT32  NTFS (including Boot Camp)

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.

Requirements for Acronis bootable media:

 To create a bootable media, you can use any removable drive with 4 GB (or more) of free space

and formatted with the Mac OS Extended file system.

 The version of macOS Recovery must match the version of macOS installed on your Mac.  CD and DVD media are not supported.

Supported storage media:

 Internal drives (HDD, SSD, RAID)  USB drives  FireWire drives  Thunderbolt  Network share, NAS  Acronis Cloud

General requirements:

 You need to have administrator privileges to run Acronis True Image 2019.  If your Mac includes the Apple T2 chip, select "Medium Security" and "Allow booting from

external media" in the Secure boot settings. For more information, refer to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208330.

1.5 Install, update, or remove Acronis True Image 2019

Installation

To install Acronis True Image 2019:

1. Download the Acronis True Image 2019 setup file from the Acronis website.

2. Double-click the Acronis True Image 2019 setup file (the file has a .dmg extension).

3. Drag the Acronis True Image 2019 icon to the Applications folder.

4. Read and accept the terms of the license agreement and the Acronis Customer Experience

Program.

When you start Acronis True Image 2019 for the first time, sign in to your Acronis account. The product will be automatically activated. You can skip this step. In this case, enter your serial number, and then click Activate. Refer to Activating Acronis True Image 2019 (p. 7) for details.

Update

When an update for Acronis True Image 2019 is available from the Acronis website, you can download it, and then install it over your version of Acronis True Image 2019. All your backups and settings will be kept.

To turn on an automatic check:

 In the Acronis True Image menu, click Preferences, and then select the Automatically check for

updates at startup check box.

To check for updates manually:

 In the Acronis True Image menu, click Check for Updates.

Uninstallation

To remove Acronis True Image 2019 from your Mac:

1. Open the Finder, and then click Applications.

2. Find Acronis True Image 2019 in the list, and then drag it to the Trash.

1.6 Activating Acronis True Image 2019

To use Acronis True Image 2019, you need to activate it via the Internet. Without activation the fully functional product works for 30 days. If you do not activate it during that period, all the program functions become unavailable except the recovery.

Activating Acronis True Image 2019

You can activate Acronis True Image 2019 either on your computer or from another computer, if your computer is not connected to the Internet.

Activation on a computer connected to the Internet

If your computer is connected to the Internet, the product will be activated automatically.

If the computer where you install Acronis True Image 2019 does not have Internet connection or if the program cannot connect to Acronis Activation Server, click Account on the sidebar, and then select one of the following actions:

 Try again - select this option to try to connect to the Acronis Activation Server again.  Activate offline - you can activate the program manually from another computer that is

connected to the Internet (see below).

Activation from another computer

If your computer is not connected to the Internet, you may activate Acronis True Image 2019 by using another computer which has connection to the Internet.

To activate the product from another computer:

1. On your computer, install and start Acronis True Image 2019.

2. On the sidebar, click Account, and then click Activate offline.

3. In the Acronis True Image 2019 Activation window, perform 3 simple steps:

1. Save your installation code to a file by clicking the Save to file button, and specify a

removable media as the file location (for example, a USB flash drive). You may also simply write down this code on a piece of paper.

2. On another computer which has the Internet connection, go to

https://www.acronis.com/activation/. The instructions on the screen will help you to get your activation code by using the installation code. Save the obtained activation code to a file on a removable media, or write it down on paper.

3. On your computer, click the Load from file button and specify a path to the file with the

activation code; or, simply type it into the box from the piece of paper.

4. Click Activate. Additionally, watch the English-language video instructions at https://goo.gl/DHd1h5.

"Too many activations" issue

Possible reasons for the issue:

 You exceed the maximum number of computers with installed Acronis True Image 2019.

For example, you have one license or a serial number for one computer and you install Acronis True Image on a second computer.

Solutions:

 Enter a new serial number. If you do not have one, you can buy it in the Acronis built-in store

or at the Acronis website.

 Move the license to your new computer from another one on which the product is already

activated. To do this, select the computer from which you want to move the license. Note that Acronis True Image will be deactivated on that computer.

 You reinstall macOS or change hardware of your computer.

For example, you might upgrade motherboard or processor in your computer. Activation is lost, because Acronis True Image sees your computer as a new one.

Solution: To reactivate Acronis True Image on your computer, choose from the list the same computer by

its old name.

Managing your subscription licenses manually

If you use the subscription-based version of Acronis True Image 2019, you can manage the licenses manually at the Acronis website. You can do the following:

 Move licenses between your computers  Transfer licenses between your accounts  Remove a license from a computer  Resolve product activation conflicts, including the "Too many activations" issue  Buy new licenses

To manage licenses:

1. Go to https://account.acronis.com/, and then sign in with your Acronis account.

2. In the Products section, find Acronis True Image 2019, and then click Manage.

1.7 Trial version information

If you want first to try and evaluate Acronis True Image 2019, you can install the free, 30-day trial version of the product. After the trial period, the program functionality is blocked and you will need to upgrade to the full version if you wish to continue using Acronis True Image 2019. Note that Disk cloning is disabled in the trial version.

After the trial period expires, your local and network backups are not deleted and can be used for recovery in the full version of Acronis True Image 2019.

Acronis Cloud

You have 1000 GB of storage space on the cloud during the trial period. You can use this space to store your online backups. After the trial period is over, Acronis Cloud works in recovery-only mode for 30 days. After this period, you won't be able to use the Acronis Cloud service and all your data will be deleted.

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 2019 (p. 6) 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:

https://go.acronis.com/timac2019/getfullversion.

2. Open Acronis True Image 2019.

3. On the menu bar, click Acronis True Image 2019, and then click Enter Serial Number.

4. Insert the full serial number in the appropriate box, and then click Activate.

1.8 Acronis Customer Experience Program

Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP) is a new way to allow Acronis customers to contribute to the features, design and development of Acronis products. This program enables our customers to provide us with various information, including information about the hardware configuration of your host computer and/or virtual machines, the features you use most (and least), and the nature of the problems you face. Based on this information, we will be able to improve the Acronis products and the features you use most often.

To make a decision:

1. In the Acronis True Image menu, click Preferences.

2. To leave the program, clear the Participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program check

box.

If you choose to participate, the technical information will be automatically collected every week. We will not collect any personal data, like your name, address, phone number, or keyboard input. Participation in the CEP is voluntary, but the end results are intended to provide software improvements and enhanced functionality to better meet the needs of our customers.

1.9 Sending feedback to Acronis

We frequently improve our products and services by making them more functional, reliable, and fast. Via the feedback form, you can point out inconveniences and defects that we should resolve to make Acronis True Image 2019 even better. Please spend a couple of minutes to tell us what you think about our product, suggest a new feature, or report a problem. We do read and analyze all feedback.

We do not reply to all feedback messages. If you need assistance with Acronis True Image 2019, contact Technical Support (p. 13).

To send a feedback to Acronis:

1. In the Acronis True Image 2019 menu, click Send feedback. The feedback form opens.

2. Choose a feedback reason from the list.

3. Type your message.

4. Provide your name and email.

5. [Optional step] By default, Acronis True Image 2019 attaches a screenshot of the console

window. You can delete it if you think it will not help us investigate your issue or understand your idea.

6. [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 2019, and your backup settings.

Note: An Acronis system report does not contain any personal data, like your name, address, phone number, or keyboard input.

We recommend that you attach the system report when you faced a serious error, for example, when Acronis True Image 2019 stopped responding.

7. Click Send.

1.10 Application preferences

The Preferences window contains general settings of Acronis True Image 2019. To open it:

1. Open Acronis True Image 2019.

2. In the Acronis True Image menu, click Preferences. The following settings are available:

 Do not back up when working on battery power

Refer to Laptop power settings (p. 35) for details.

 Automatically check for updates at startup

Refer to Install, update, or remove Acronis True Image 2019 (p. 6) for details.

 Participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program

Refer to Acronis Customer Experience Program (p. 9) for details.

 Show notifications in Notification Center

Refer to Notifications (p. 35) for details.

1.11 Keyboard shortcuts

In Acronis True Image 2019, you can use the keyboard shortcuts to navigate the user interface in a more comfortable and fast way. To apply a shortcut, press two or more keys of a key combination simultaneously. Some of the Acronis True Image shortcuts are specified in the application menu. In menus, some key names are replaced with the following icons:

Key name

Icon

Command

Option

Shift

Keyboard shortcuts in Acronis True Image 2019:

Shortcut

Description

Command + U

Check for the product updates

Shift + Command + E

Enter serial number

Command + ,

Open the application preferences window

Shift + Command + L

Shift + Command + O

Sign out from Acronis account

Command + N

Create new backup

Command + 1

Open the Backup section

Command + 2

Open the Archive section

Command + 3

Open the Active Protection section

Command + 4

Open the Account section

Shortcut

Description

Backup section

Command + S

Open the backup source dialog

Command + D

Open the backup destination dialog

Command + Shift + S

Open the backup settings dialog

Archive section

Command + O

Open the file selection dialog to add files to an archive

Command + D

Open the archive destination dialog

Command + I

Open the archiving tutorial window

Command + Shift + S

Open the archiving settings dialog

1.12 Integration with Touch Bar

Starting from models of 2016, on 15-inch MacBook Pro and 13-inch MacBook Pro with four Thunderbolt 3 ports, there is a special interaction area, called Touch Bar, on the upper part of the keyboard. Touch Bar displays the most appropriate set of controls depending on the currently active window or the task that you are working on at this or that moment. This technology simplifies your interaction with user interface and allows you to perform a wide range of operations, for example, click buttons, switch between websites, use search, change text formatting, and use standard Mac system controls. See more information about Touch Bar at the Apple website: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207055.

Acronis True Image 2019 supports the functionality of Touch Bar. You can use it to switch between different application sections, configure backups, create archives, recover data, and other operations. For example when you select a backup from the list, the Touch Bar looks like this:

The Esc button and the icons to the right are Mac's system controls. The left part contains icons for navigating between the sections of Acronis True Image 2019:

Icon

Description

Backup

Disk Cloning

Archive

Active Protection

Account

The controls that refer to the current window are located in the central part. In this example you can change the backup source, destination, settings ( ), and start the backup.

You can also create a new backup or archive by using the Touch Bar icons:

Icon

Description

Create a new backup

Create a new archive or add files to an existing one

1.13 Technical Support

Maintenance and Support Program

If you need assistance with your Acronis product, please go to https://www.acronis.com/support/

Product Updates

You can download the latest updates for all your registered Acronis software products from our website at any time after logging into your Account (https://account.acronis.com/) and registering the product. See Registering Acronis Products at the Website (https://kb.acronis.com/content/4834) and Acronis Website User Guide (https://kb.acronis.com/content/8128).

2 Backup

In this section

Basic concepts ................................................................................................................... 14

What you can and cannot back up .................................................................................... 15

Backing up to local or network storage ............................................................................ 16

Backing up to Acronis Cloud ............................................................................................. 17

Notarized backup .............................................................................................................. 19

Backing up mobile devices ................................................................................................ 23

Backing up a Facebook account ........................................................................................ 25

Backing up an Instagram account ..................................................................................... 25

Backing up Office 365 data ............................................................................................... 26

Scheduling ......................................................................................................................... 27

Backup encryption ............................................................................................................ 28

Backup retention rules ...................................................................................................... 29

Adding an existing backup to the list ................................................................................ 30

Excluding items from backups .......................................................................................... 30

Connection settings .......................................................................................................... 32

Network settings for backup ............................................................................................. 33

Backup activity and statistics ............................................................................................ 34

Laptop power settings ...................................................................................................... 35

Notifications ...................................................................................................................... 35

What is Acronis Cloud? ..................................................................................................... 36

Parallels Desktop support ................................................................................................. 37

Backup list icons ................................................................................................................ 38

Sorting backups in the list ................................................................................................. 40

2.1 Basic concepts

Backup and recovery

Backup refers to making copies of data so that they can be used to recover the original data after a

data loss event.

Backups are useful primarily for two purposes:

 To recover an operating system when it is corrupted or cannot start. This process is called

disaster recovery. For information about protecting your Mac from a disaster, refer to Backing up to local or network storage (p. 16) and Backing up to Acronis Cloud (p. 17) for details.

 To recover specific files and folders (p. 47) after they have been accidentally deleted or

corrupted.

Recovery methods:

 Full recovery can be performed to the original location or to a new one.

When the original location is selected, the data in the location is completely overwritten with the data from the backup. In case of a new location, the data is just copied to the new location from the backup.

 Incremental recovery is performed only to the original location and only from a cloud backup.

Before the recovery starts, the files in the original location are compared with the files in the backup by file attributes, such as file size and date of last modification. Those files that do not

match are marked for recovery, the remaining files will be skipped during recovery. In that way, as opposed to the full recovery, Acronis True Image recovers only changed files. This method significantly reduces the recovery time and saves Internet traffic while recovering from Acronis Cloud.

Backup versions

A backup version is created during a backup operation. Each version represents a point in time to which the system or data can be restored. The first backup version contains all the data selected for backup. The second and subsequent versions contain only data changes that occurred since the previous backup version. All the backup versions are stored in a single backup file.

Backup file format

When you back up your Mac to a local storage or a network place, Acronis True Image 2019 saves backup data in the proprietary .tib format, by using compression. The data from .tib file backups can be recovered only through Acronis True Image 2019.

When you back up your Mac to Acronis Cloud (p. 36), Acronis True Image 2019 saves your data "as is". You can recover the data in the product or via the Acronis Cloud web application (p. 36) on any Mac computer that has an Internet connection.

Schedule

For your backups to be really helpful, they must be as up-to-date as possible. Schedule your backups (p. 27) to run on a regular basis.

Backup retention rules

Every time you run a backup operation, manually or on a schedule, Acronis True Image 2019 creates a new backup version in the backup location. To delete obsolete backup versions automatically, you can set the backup retention rules. Refer to Backup retention rules (p. 29) for details.

2.2 What you can and cannot back up

The table below shows what and where you can back up.

Backup destinations

Internal

drives (HDD,

SSD, RAID)

Acronis

Cloud

USB

drives

Thund erbolt

AirPort

Time

Capsule

Network

share,

NAS

CD,

DVD

FTP

server

Internal drives (HDD, SSD)

+ + + + + + -

USB drives

+ + + + + + -

FireWire drives

+ + + + + + -

Thunderbolt

+ + + + + + -

Fusion drives

+ + + + + + -

Hard drives protected with FileVault 2

+ + + + + + -

Hard drives with Boot Camp installed

+ + + + + + -

Specific files

+ + + + + + -

Backup destinations

Internal

drives (HDD,

SSD, RAID)

Acronis

Cloud

USB

drives

Thund erbolt

AirPort

Time

Capsule

Network

share,

NAS

CD,

DVD

FTP

server

Separate partitions

- - - - - - -

RAID, Apple RAID

- - - - - - -

CD, DVD

- - - - - - -

APM disks

- - - - - - -

2.3 Backing up to local or network storage

To back up your data to local or network storage:

1. Open Acronis True Image 2019.

2. Perform one of the following:

 If this is your first backup, skip this step.  If you already have a backup and you want to create a new one, click Add Backup at the

bottom of the backup list.

Note: To delete a backup, right-click it, and then click Delete. 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, and then select what you want to back up:

 Entire Mac

When you select this option, Acronis True Image backs up all your internal hard drives in disk mode. The backup contains the operating system, installed programs, system settings, and all your personal data including your photos, music, and documents.

 Disks  Files and folders  Mobile device

Refer to Backing up mobile devices (p. 23) for details.

 Social network

Refer to Backing up a Facebook account (p. 25) or Backing up an Instagram account (p. 25) for details.

 Files to notarize

Refer to Notarized backup (p. 19) for details.

 NAS device (if any connected)

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 Browse, and then select a location. If you have an NAS device, it will be automatically detected and listed along with other locations.

5. [Optional step] Configure additional settings. You can:

 Exclude files and folders manually at Settings —> Exclusions. Refer to Excluding items from

backups (p. 30) for details.

 Configure the backup schedule at Settings —> Schedule. Refer to Scheduling (p. 27) for

details.

 Set the backup retention rules at Settings —> Cleanup. Refer to Backup retention rules (p.

29) for details.

 Protect your backup with a password and encryption at Settings —> Encryption. Refer to

Backup encryption (p. 28) for details.

6. After you have configured all settings and you are ready to start a backup, click Back Up. 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. 41) for details.

2.4 Backing up to Acronis Cloud

To start using Acronis Cloud:

 Create an Acronis account (p. 36), if you do not have one.  Subscribe to the Acronis Cloud service (p. 37).

To back up your Mac to Acronis Cloud:

1. Open Acronis True Image 2019.

2. Perform one of the following:

 If this is your first backup, skip this step.  If you already have a backup and you want to create a new one, click the plus sign at the

bottom of the backup list.

Note: To delete a backup, right-click it, and then click Delete. 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, and then select what you want to back up:

 Entire Mac

 Disks  Files and folders  Mobile device

Refer to Backing up mobile devices (p. 23) for details.

 Social network

Refer to Backing up a Facebook account (p. 25) or Backing up an Instagram account (p. 25) for details.

 Files to notarize

Refer to Notarized backup (p. 19) for details.

 NAS device (if any connected)

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. 36) for details.

5. [Optional step] Configure additional settings. You can:

 Exclude data protected with third-party services, if you use any. Click Optimize backup and

specify the data to exclude. Refer to Excluding items from backups (p. 30) for details.

 Exclude files and folders manually at Settings —> Exclusions. Refer to Excluding items from

backups (p. 30) for details.

 Configure the backup schedule at Settings —> Schedule. Refer to Scheduling (p. 27) for

details.

 Set the backup retention rules at Settings —> Cleanup. Refer to Backup retention rules (p.

29) for details.

 Protect your backup with a password and encryption at Settings —> Encryption. Refer to

Backup encryption (p. 28) for details.

 Select a preferred data center and configure the upload speed at Settings —> Network.

Refer to Network settings for backup (p. 33) for details.

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

The first online backup may take a considerable amount of time to complete. Future backup processes will likely be much faster, because only changes to files will be transferred.

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. 41) for details.

2.5 Notarized backup

By using Blockchain technology, Acronis True Image 2019 can protect your files from unauthorized modification. This gives you a guarantee that you can recover your data from the same file that was backed up. We recommend that you use this type of backup to protect your legal document files or any other files that require proved authenticity. Refer to Using Blockchain technology (p. 20) for details.

To create a notarized backup of your files and folders:

1. Open Acronis True Image 2019.

2. Perform one of the following:

 If this is your first backup, skip this step.  If you already have a backup and you want to create a new one, click Add Backup at the

bottom of the backup list.

Note: To delete a backup, right-click it, and then click Delete. 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, click Notarized backup, and then select the files and folders that

you want to back up.

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 Browse, and then select a location. If you have an NAS device, it will be automatically detected and listed along with other locations.

5. [Optional step] Configure additional settings. You can:

 Exclude files and folders manually at Settings —> Exclusions. Refer to Excluding items from

backups (p. 30) for details. To exclude files with a digital signature from the backup, select the Do not notarize digitally

signed files check box. Refer to Excluding items from backups (p. 30) for details.

 Configure the backup schedule at Settings —> Schedule. Refer to Scheduling (p. 27) for

details.

 Set the backup retention rules at Settings —> Cleanup. Refer to Backup retention rules (p.

29) for details.

 Protect your backup with a password and encryption at Settings —> Encryption. Refer to

Backup encryption (p. 28) for details.

 Select a preferred data center and configure the upload speed at Settings —> Network.

Refer to Network settings for backup (p. 33) for details.

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

2.5.1 Using Blockchain technology

Acronis True Image 2019 uses the Blockchain technology to provide top-level security for your backed-up files. This technology gives you the guarantee that your files have not been modified by fraudulent software, and when it is time to recover, you recover data from exactly the same file that was backed up.

What is Blockchain?

Blockchain is a database that contains information about transactions and their sequence. In general, a transaction represents an event, such as a financial operation or an operation with different kinds of assets. The transactions are united in blocks, which are written to the database one by one and form a block chain. Every transaction and every block has its own unique identification number. What is very important is that every block stores information about all previous blocks of the chain. Once written to the database, the information about a transaction cannot be changed in any way or by anyone, and the transaction sequence cannot be modified either. Any attempt to change any piece of information in the database can be easily identified by any user of the database, because there would be no information about the false transaction or false block in all subsequent blocks. This technology guarantees that data stored in the database is valid, belongs to a specific person, and has not been modified by anyone. See more information about Blockchain at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain_(database).

How Acronis True Image 2019 uses the Blockchain technology

To protect your files from unauthorized modification, Acronis True Image 2019 uses the Acronis Notary technology. This is a universal solution for timestamping and fingerprinting any data objects and streams. Since it is impractical to store large amount of data in a Blockchain database, Acronis True Image 2019 sends only file hash codes to the Acronis Notary service.

A hash code is a unique number of fixed size that is produced by a hash function. The code mathematically defines an arbitrary set of data, for example, a backup file. Any change of the backup file leads to a change of its hash code. Therefore, to check if the file was changed, you only need to compare the hash codes generated in the initial and current states of the file. If the codes match, this is a guarantee that the file has not been modified by anyone.

When Acronis Notary receives hash codes of your files, it calculates a new single hash code and sends it to the Ethereum Blockchain-based database. See more information about Ethereum at https://www.ethereum.org/.

Once the hash code is in the database, the files that were used to calculate this hash code are notarized by Acronis Notary. You can easily verify the file authenticity at any time by using the procedure described in Verifying file authenticity (p. 21). Every notarized file has a notarization certificate, which is documentary proof that the file is protected with the Blockchain technology. A certificate contains general information about the file and technical details that allow you to manually verify the file authenticity. Refer to Manual verification of a file's authenticity (p. 22) for details.

2.5.2 Verifying file authenticity

By using Blockchain technology, Acronis True Image 2019 can protect your backed-up files from unauthorized modification. This gives you a guarantee that you can recover data from exactly the same file that was backed up.

To verify a file's authenticity:

1. Open Acronis True Image 2019.

2. On the sidebar, click Backup.

3. From the backup list, select the notarized backup which contains the file that you want to verify.

4. On the right panel, open the Recovery tab.

5. Browse to the required file, click the arrow icon, and then click one of the following:

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