If an external drive is plugged in, it will be detected automatically and will be displayed in the list of available backup destinations. You need Acronis True Image Advanced ot Premium subscription to be able to back up to Acronis Cloud. Click the backup destination icon on the right, and then select a destination for the backup:.Entire Mac is pre-selected on the left, leave it as is:.If you already have other backups set up, click Add Backup to add a new backup task: To back up the entire contents of your Mac

Click Back up now or press the 'down arrow' button to select another start time option:.

If you store backups in cloud, set up cleanup rules in Advanced: If you are not sure which options to select, leave the default selection. If you store backups locally (on an USB drive, NAS, network share, etc.), set up cleanup rules in Backup Scheme.

It is recommended to set how long the backups should be kept, otherwise backups will quickly fill up the storage.

If you select the option Do not schedule, then you will need to run the backup task manually every time using Back up now button

We recommend to set a schedule or creating regular backups of your system.

Click Options to set the options for the backup, including schedule, scheme, archive cleanup and others:.

In this example we select Acronis Cloud as a destination. See product documentation for more information about recommended storage for your backups. Acronis True Image also detects NAS in the network and displays it in the list of available destinations as well.

Click Select destination then select a destination for the backup:.

You can specify a custom name for your backup:.

Entire PC is pre-selected, leave it as is:.

created by previous versions of Acronis True Image), then click Add backup

If other backups are already in the list (e.g.

To back up the entire contents of your Windows computer If you want to back up a single disk, for example, disk C:, see this article.

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