Acronis True Image for Mac - User Guide - Manual (Page 9)

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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. [Optional step] If you want to protect your backup with a password and encryption, click
Settings, select the Encrypt backup check box, and then type a password. Please memorize this
password, because it cannot be retrieved.
Acronis True Image 2015 protects your backups with an AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
cryptographic algorithm using a 256-bit encryption key.
7. 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. 13) for details.
2.4 Backing up to Acronis Cloud
To start using Acronis Cloud:
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Create an Acronis account (p. 12), if you do not have one.
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Subscribe to the Acronis Cloud service (p. 13).
To back up your Mac to Acronis Cloud:
1. Open Acronis True Image 2015.
2. Perform one of the following:
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If this is your first backup, skip this step.
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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, select it, and then click the minus sign. The backup will be removed from the
list, and the backup files will be deleted from the backup storage.