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

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Acronis True Image protects your backups with an AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
cryptographic algorithm using a 256-bit encryption key.
6. After you have configured all settings and you are ready to start a backup, click Start Backup.
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 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. 11) for details.
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.
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Do not schedule
This option turns scheduling off.
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Daily
The backup starts once a day and at the time that you specify.
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Weekly
The backup starts every week on the selected days and at the specified time.
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Monthly
The backup starts every week on the selected dates and at the specified time.
2. After you have configured all settings, click Apply.
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.