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With Acronis True Image, creating a full image backup on an external hard drive is as easy as two clicks. Once the drive is connected and Acronis True Image is running, you click Add backup. The entire computer is the default backup source, so you simply need to assign the external drive as the Backup destination and then click Back up now. Acronis True Image, the most reliable, easy-to-use and secure personal backup software and the only backup that actively defends your files against ransomware. More than 5.5 million customers. Hi, recently installed ATI 2020 on my Mac Mini 2018 running 10.15.5 backing up to a shared volume on a QNAP TVS-471 NAS. I also installed it on my wife's 2012 MacBook Pro also running 10.15.5. The backups are scheduled to take place every 4 hours and Energy Saver settings are set to allow backup during Power Nap and the appropriate check boxes ticked in ATI 2020.
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There are two types of backup: file-based, and image-based. Apple’s own Time Machine does a good job of blending the two together, giving you both the ability to roll back individual files as well as your entire Mac should the need arise, but it does swallow up disk space at an alarming rate.
Acronis is well known in the Windows sphere for its True Image drive-imaging tool, and this is its attempt to crack the Mac market. Its main selling points are its versatility and simplicity. It’s versatile in supporting both local and cloud-based backups, with support for any network-attached drive, not just those specifically engineered to work with Time Machine.
Acronis True Image is designed with simplicity in mind too: once installed, launch the app and click Free Trial. You'll need an Acronis account to obtain your 'unlimited' cloud store storage space with Acronis’ online backup service, although you are still able to back to a network or other local drive.
Now you’ll be prompted to click to select a backup source – typically your Mac install drive, but Acronis can also back up any recognisable drive attached to your Mac. One thing Acronis can’t work with is Bootcamp, which will be a deal-breaker for those who’ve set up their Mac to run OS X and Windows side-by-side. It won’t even let you simply back up your Mac partitions either.
If this doesn’t end your interest, you can then click to select your destination – Acronis Cloud is prominently displayed at the top, but any external drives are also accessible with a single click. Alternatively, click Choose Other Location… to pick a specific folder or locate a network drive.
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Next, click Settings, which lets you choose a schedule for regularly updating your backup and – if necessary – encrypting the backup with a password for security reasons. Then click Start Backup and let it do its work.
Local backups are stored in the proprietary .tib format, which are compressed and requires True Image itself to browse and restore (either individual files or the entire image). Cloud-based backups are backed up on a per-file basis.
Up to 10 backups are kept at a time – when you make the eleventh backup, the oldest is deleted. Change the backup location to preserve these older backups. Finally, make sure you create backup rescue media using a blank 4GB USB flash drive when prompted – this will allow you to restore your drive image even when your Mac isn’t bootable.
Verdict:
Much-improved Mac backup and restore tool.
Boot your Mac into OS X Utilities and select 'Recover from Acronis Backup'
Introduction
Make sure you have a backup and Acronis Bootable Media:
Partitioning
When restoring to an unpartitioned drive (for example, a new drive), create partitions before restoring:
- Start or restart your Mac and hold down the Option key while Mac is starting. The boot menu will be displayed.
- Choose Disk Utility.
- Create partitions on the disk (see this article for help). You need to create a partition structure matching the one of the backed up disk. For example, the backed up disk had an EFI partition, a System partition and a RecoveryHD. You need to create 3 partitions on the new disk matching the partitions on the old one.
Solution
- Connect your removable drive with Acronis Bootable Media to your Mac;
- Start or restart your Mac and hold down the Option key while Mac is starting. The boot menu will be displayed.
- Choose Acronis Media as a device to boot from.
- Select Recover from True Image Backup:
- Locate the backup that contains the data to recover;
- From the Version list, select the backup version from which you want to recover your Mac. The contents of the version are displayed;
- Select the check boxes next to the partitions that you want to recover;
- Select a destination for each partition. By default, Acronis True Image recovers partitions to the original location;
- To start recovery, click Recover, and then confirm that you want to erase all data on the destination partitions;
- When recovery is complete, restart your Mac.