Backups never received much attention until some important data loss or hard disk crash happens. Acronis True Image 2016 Review is here to help you with the Backup process to protect your data and save your time as well. Acronis True Image is very popular among technicians as it saves their time and effort in backup and restore entire hard disk with softwares, applications and data to an external hard disk drive or NAS (Network attached Storage).
Acronis True Image 2016 simplifies the way we do backup and restore entire hard disk that contains the operating system installation, softwares installed, applications, games, and other user data to another hard disk drive.
When it comes to compatibility Acronis True Image 2016 version is compatible with Windows XP, Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10 as well. They recently released this amazing all-in-one backup software for Mac OS X and it is compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), Yosemite (10.10.2) and OS X El Capitan (10.11).
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Acronis True Image 2016 Review
Without too much blah blah blah let me cut to the chase and tell you the highlights of this wonderful backup software for Mac and Windows.
- Take full disk-image backup including your Windows or Mac operating system with all of its data to an External HDD or NAS.
- Restore process is very simple and easy with Acronis, as you can restore the backup of Windows or Mac to your existing hard disk drive or to an entirely new hard disk drive with few clicks.
- Acronis True Image 2016 is 50% faster in Backup and Recovery than most of the backup softwares available in market today.
- Newly launched Cloud feature allows you to upload entire system backup to Acronis Cloud and store them securely. You can Restore Backup from Cloud anytime without the need of installing OS manually or downloading any third party tools.
- Advanced Backup feature allows you to keep history of 10 last system backups and roll back to different points in time whenever you want. This saves time and storage space.
- Backup that you store are not just stored as a plain backup file. Acronis True Image 2016 protects your backup with 256-bit encryption for excellent security and privacy to all your data.
- File Recovery – Acronis True Image offers flexible file recovery options where you can choose only the files or folders you want to restore, without restoring the entire backup copy.
Acronis AnyData Engine – the most advanced backup technology that offers, fastest backup and restore process to make your life a lot easier.
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If you are a network engineer or ever worked in windows support area, then you must have heard about this term “Acronis” many times. Acronis is not new to the market, and they are here for more than 8 years in providing backup solutions to Windows PCs. I have personally used Acronis backup software in Windows 7 and found it as the best backup software for Windows among couple of others i have used.
I am glad to see the same Acronis Backup software for Mac OS X with more features and support.
Full Disk Image Backup
Acronis True Image 2016 for Mac allows you to run full disk image backup to backup your entire computer including your mac operating system, applications and data to an external hard disk drive, portable hard disk drive or NAS (Network Attached Storage).
Universal Restore Option
Completed taking backup of your important Data using Acronis True Image 2016 in Mac ? Let’s restore is easily in couple of mouse taps. Acronis True Image 2016 for Mac OS X takes all your important data as a backup with added security by encrypting them, to provide best security and privacy as well. You can Restore the backup to an entire separate piece of hardware, secondary hard disk drive, portable hard disk drive or restore any specific file or folder that you select before initiating the Restore process.
Optimized for Windows 10 and Mac OS X
Acronis True Image 2016 is certified backup software for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 operating systems. The availability of this wonderful backup software is now available for OS X as well. Acronis True Image 2016 is compatible and works very well in OS X 10.9.5+ (Mavericks), OS X 10.10.2+ (Yosemite) and OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
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Acronis True Image 2016 for Mac OS
Lets have a look at some of the snapshots of this Best Backup software for Mac OS X.
Download Acronis True Image 2016 for Mac OS X and install the app with simple drag and drop to your Applications folder. Once you have installed it, launch Acronis True Image 2016 to see the following image. Here you can add multiple backups and manage them easily. You can optimize the backup before starting the backup process by clicking on “Optimize Backup” option located below source (iMac Storage) as shown in the following picture.
Second box shows that the backup will be stored in Acronis Cloud by default which is a free unlimited cloud storage account that you get with your acronis true image 2016 license key purchase. Ofcourse, you can always configure it and change backup destination to secondary hard disk drive or NAS.
Following is the picture that shows list of destination that you can choose from the list. As i don’t have any Portable Hard Disk Drive or NAS connected, i have selected the default Acronis Cloud Storage to store my backup.
Once you have successfully taken backup of your mac hard disk drive with the operating system and all the files and folders, you will see the archive details in the second page. Simply click on the archive box located at the right top corner within Acronis True Image 2016 software for Mac OS X to access this page.
Third tab provides you the Dashboard with details of all your backup copies that you have taken in Windows PC, Android Mobile, iPhone and iPad at one place.
Optimize Backup feature allows you to exclude any files and folders that you don’t want to backup using Acronis True Image 2016 software. This will speed up your backup process overall.
Once finished configuring backup options, click on “Start Backup” at the right bottom corner of the window, to start the backup process. All your files will be encrypted and uploaded to acronis cloud safely and securely. If you have configured the backup to be stored in local secondary hard disk drive or NAS, then it will be done with proper security and privacy.
As you can see, Acronis True Image 2016 is super simple and easy to use Backup Software on Mac OS X. Download Acronis True Image 2016 for Mac today and see how well it protects your precious data and guarantees you the safe computing experience.
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