Acronis True Image 2015 Key Features:



• Simple, worry-free, complete image backups. Only a complete image backup allows you to restore the exact configuration of your PC, including your operating system and all your files.
• Fast, reliable incremental and differential backups. After an initial image backup, incremental and differential backups capture only changes made since the previous backup, saving time and storage space.
• Go back in time. Use Time Explorer to go back in time and quickly restore your individual files and folders or your complete system to that point in time.
• Nonstop PC backups. Acronis True Image 2015 records changes as you work so your backups are always up to date.
• Secure cloud backup for double protection. Double protect your data by keeping a copy in the Acronis Cloud, secured with personal key encryption
• Anytime, anywhere access to your data. Access your data stored in the secure Acronis Cloud from any web browser, iOS or Android device
• 5GB cloud storage included free for 1 year. Keep your important files in the Acronis cloud for double protection. Add more storage to secure even more online, including complete image backups of your system
• Automatic file sync. Automatically push selected files or photos to all your devices running Acronis True Image 2015 including our free mobile apps for Android and iOS
• Secure Zone. Store a full disk image backup on your PC system drive. Recover on the fly, even if your operating system has failed
• Try & Decide. With Try&Decide technology, you can confidently test drive any software, or browse any website then decide if you want to keep any changes to your computer
• Fast, intelligent, incremental restore from the cloud. Acronis incremental restore from the cloud is fast and easy, allowing you to quickly grab the specific file or folder you need and be back up and running in no time
• Free cloud storage. Acronis True Image 2015 includes 5GB of secure cloud storage. This lets you keep copies of your favorite photos and files online for double protection, where you can access them anytime, anywhere – even from your mobile devices.
• Disk imaging goes online. Double protect your data by keeping a copy of your entire system (space permitting) in the Acronis Cloud, secured with personal key encryption.
• Incremental and differential cloud backups. After an initial image backup, incremental and differential backups capture only changes made since the previous backup, saving time and storage space
• Disk Cloning. Quickly replicate the contents of your entire hard drive to another disk or to an “image” file.

*Clone operation is not supported for Dynamic Disks and separate partitions.



What’s new in Acronis True Image 2015 18.0 Build 1305 Beta:

• Completely new User Interface. Now process of creating backup is extremely simple and intuitive.
• Entire PC backup and restore. Now you can select your machine for backup with one click only. Same for recovery: you can just select created Entire PC backup and restore it – it should happen in one click!
• New media builder. Now we have a joint media builder for both Acronis Rescue media and WinPE media.
• Synchronisation, Non Stop backup, Mail backup, ZIP backup, and Tools and Utilities are not available in beta version.

Release Notes for Acronis True Image Update 1 build 5090

Release Notes for Acronis True Image

Release date: September 4, 2014

Languages: English US, German, Japanese, Russian, French

Build number: 5090
Installation procedure

The installation procedure is straightforward. Please launch the .dmg file, and then drag the Acronis True Image icon to the Applications folder.
What’s new in this release

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite support—now Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac runs with the latest version of Mac OS X.
Support for hard drives with Boot Camp installed—If you have Boot Camp installed on your hard drive to use Windows in addition to Mac OS X, you can back up and recover your disk without limitations. Bootability of both operating systems will be kept. If you use third-party drivers to write to the NTFS file system, stable operation of such drivers is not guaranteed when a backup is in progress.
Improved performance of Parallels Desktop (PD) virtual machine backup—When you back up a disk with a PD virtual machine installed, the backup process is more complex, when compared to backup of a hard disk without PD. The rate of this backup process is higher, and the resulting backup file is much smaller. Parallels Desktop 10 is now also supported in addition to Parallels Desktop 9.
Automatic backup destination selection—If an external hard drive is plugged in to your Mac or if you have enough free space on Acronis Cloud, True Image will suggest that you back up to one of these destinations.
Fusion Drives support—starting this Update Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac supports computers with Fusion Drives both for backup and recovery.
FileVault2 support—drives encrypted by FileVault2 are now available for backup and recovery.
Improvements in File Recovery wizard—more user-friendly recovery wizard, which now remembers its last state and has less buttons.

System requirements

Operating systems:

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
OS X Mavericks 10.9
OS X Yosemite 10.10

File systems:

Mac OS Extended format (case-insensitive)
FAT32
exFAT
NTFS (for backing up only)

Unsupported configurations

Mac OS Extended format (encrypted)
RAIDs of any kind

List of fixed issues

[TIMAC-993] True Image doesn't open after a Mac restart, when the "Reopen windows when logging back in" check box is selected.
[TIMAC-1687] In some cases Backup of Extended file attributes fails.

List of known issues

[TIMAC-550] If a computer goes to sleep while backing up to a network share, the backup doesn’t resume on the computer wake-up. The backup fails.
[TIMAC-1468] If the mount point of an external drive with a scheduled backup is changed, new versions of the backup cannot be saved to the drive.
[TIMAC-950] Sometimes the system disk is not selected for backup by default.
[TIMAC-1429] Under rescue media, True Image doesn't allow selecting an unallocated disk as a recovery destination.
[TIMAC-1239] The backup progress may freeze at 100% for several minutes.
[TIMAC-1231] If you recover your disk to a larger one, the Recovery HD partition size increases.
[TIMAC-1392] You cannot perform a file recovery while a backup is running.
[TIMAC-1185] A drive cannot be partitioned by using Disk Utility, if a backup is in progress in True Image.
[TIMAC-1203] All links in True Image always open in Safari, not in the default web browser (it is different).
[TIMAC-1083] The Acronis Cloud remaining space decrease is indicated incorrectly during backup.
[TIMAC-888] If a USB flash drive is selected to back up to Desktop, the warning message "It is not recommended to back up a disk to itself" is displayed.
[TIMAC-616] When user starts several backups, there is no queue status description on the queued backups.
[TIMAC-690] The “launchd” framework reports "Bug: 12F37" at every backup performed on schedule.
[TIMAC-674] True Image doesn't retry backing up to a network share, if the share is unexpectedly disconnected during the backup.
[TIMAC-1497] When you browse for files during file recovery, double-clicking a folder doesn’t expand it.
[TIMAC-1514] If there's not enough free space to create the new backup version, True Image doesn't warn the user before an incremental backup. The backup fails.

Release Notes for Acronis True Image 2015 build 6055

Release Notes for Acronis True Image 2015 Hotfix 1

Release date: October 22, 2014
Main enhancements and optimizations

Issues with the product installation were resolved.
Preparing for a backup operation is now faster.
All Acronis True Image tools are available now in the Tools menu.
Upgrade to Acronis True Image 2015 3 computers or Acronis True Image 2015 Unlimited is now available from the product interface.

List of fixed issues

Serial numbers for Acronis True Image 2014 OEM are not accepted for the product upgrade.
An encrypted backup to Acronis Cloud fails, and the "Decompression error" message is displayed.
Universal Boot Media Builder (b38938) fails to create a bootable media with the Acronis True Image 2014 components.
The Download button for Acronis Universal Restore leads to the wrong page.
The progress bar indicates the backup process for each selected drive separately.
Many Acronis True Image installations are canceled by users because of locked files.
The Recover PC button is enabled in case the backup process has stopped.

Release Notes for Acronis True Image 2015 build 6030

Release Notes for Acronis True Image 2015 Hotfix 1

Release date: October 24, 2014

Languages: English US, German, Japanese, Russian, French

Build number: 6030
Installation procedure

The installation procedure is straightforward. Please launch the .dmg file, and then drag the Acronis True Image 2015 icon to the Applications folder.
What’s new in this release

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite support—Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac runs with the latest version of Mac OS X.
Support for hard drives with Boot Camp installed—If you have Boot Camp installed on your hard drive to use Windows in addition to Mac OS X, you can back up and recover your disk without limitations. Bootability of both operating systems will be kept. If you use third-party drivers to write to the NTFS file system, stable operation of such drivers is not guaranteed when a backup is in progress.
Improved performance of Parallels Desktop (PD) virtual machine backup—When you back up a disk with a PD virtual machine installed, the backup process is more complex, when compared to backup of a hard disk without PD. The rate of this backup process is higher, and the resulting backup file is much smaller. Parallels Desktop 9 and Parallels Desktop 10 are supported.
Automatic backup destination selection—If an external hard drive is plugged in to your Mac or if you have enough free space on Acronis Cloud, True Image will suggest that you back up to one of these destinations.
Fusion Drives support—Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac supports computers with Fusion Drives, both for backup and recovery.
FileVault 2 support—Drives encrypted by FileVault2 are available for backup and recovery.
Improvements in File Recovery wizard—The recovery wizard is more user-friendly, it which now remembers its last state, and it has fewer buttons.

System requirements

Operating systems:

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
OS X Mavericks 10.9
OS X Yosemite 10.10

File systems:

Mac OS Extended format (case-insensitive)
FAT32
exFAT
NTFS (for backing up, only)

Unsupported configurations

Mac OS Extended format (encrypted)
RAIDs of any kind

List of fixed issues

Indeterminate progress bar of a backup operation freezes when user switches between backups in the list.
A backup progress bar hangs at 100 percent for about 2.5 minutes.
25-character serial numbers from previous Acronis products are not accepted for the product upgrade.
An Internet connection is required to edit an online backup schedule.
If user suspends a system online backup, and then resumes it, the "Access to file or folder denied" error occurs.

List of known issues

The message about an expired Acronis Cloud subscription is unclear.
If a drive containing encrypted data is selected as a backup source, the "Source is not selected" message is displayed.
The "Signed out" status is displayed when the Internet connection is disabled.
The estimated backup size is not refreshed if data is changed outside Acronis True Image 2015.
When a backup is running, two or more clicks are required to switch to another backup box.

Release Notes for Acronis True Image 2015 Update 1
What's new

Online backup of Entire PC was improved: it is now possible to exclude files that are already protected by other applications.
The Account and License tabs were merged to create a better user experience. All information about serial number and cloud subscription is in one place.
Operations with backup, like edit or removal, can now be performed by right-clicking in the backup list.
Backup status notifications now appear with a new design and are available by clicking on the status icon.
Online backup has a new option: users can select the data center where the backup will be stored.

List of fixed issues

The Port and Encryption fields are missing in email notification settings.
Japanese characters are displayed incorrectly under bootable media based on WinPE 5.0.
The Clone feature is not available after purchase of the full version. A restart of Acronis True Image is required.
Acronis True Image window has incorrect size on a 27" monitor with 2560x1440 resolution.
On the Backup tab, the red badge doesn't disappear after the failed backup is deleted.
An incorrect error message appears when trying to recover files from a disconnected drive.
In WinPE media builder, the link to Windows 8.1 ADK leads to Windows 8.0 ADK.

List of known issues

It is not possible to create a bootable media in Acronis True Image with an Acronis Disk Director component in it.
If, during backup to a USB drive, you remove the destination, the incomplete backup version will not be removed.
It is not possible to delete a long path in the Backup Exclusion window.
In the Notification area, the Acronis icon does not display the name of the backup, from which the recovery is being performed.
After an online backup is paused, the Delete button is not available for this backup for 3-5 seconds.

System requirements and supported media

Acronis True Image 2015 requires the following hardware:

Processor Pentium 1 GHz.
1 GB RAM.
1.5 GB of free space on a hard disk.
CD-RW/DVD-RW drive or USB flash drive for bootable media creation.
Screen resolution is 1152 x 720.
Mouse or other pointing device (recommended).

Operating system

Acronis True Image 2015 has been tested on the following operating systems:

Windows XP SP3
Windows 7 SP1 (all editions)
Windows 8 (all editions)
Windows 8.1 (all editions)

Correct work on other Windows operating systems is possible, but not guaranteed.

Release date: November 27, 2014

Languages: English, German, French, Russian, Japanese

Build number: 6525

Release Notes for Acronis True Image 2015 Update 1 build 6564
What’s new

Backup to Acronis Cloud has a new option: the user can select the data center where the backup will be stored.
Online backup removal was fixed. When a user deletes a backup from Acronis True Image, the backup is also deleted from Acronis Cloud.

List of fixed issues

Acronis True Image hangs for 20 seconds when deleting a backup from Acronis Cloud.
An uninformative error message appears when an Acronis Cloud subscription expires.
Long file names are truncated in the File recovery dialog.
Recovery HD partition is unbootable after recovery of a File Vault 2-protected system to an unallocated drive.

List of known issues

In Rescue Media, long backup names are shown truncated.
An uninformative error message appears when trying to open an incomplete backup.
After a clean installation, the product offers Acronis Cloud as a backup destination.
Acronis True Image continues to back up to the cloud, even after a user logs out.
When recovering a large file in Rescue Media, the progress bar stops for a certain time period, and then shows that the recovery is complete.

System requirements

Operating systems:

OS X Yosemite 10.10
OS X Mavericks 10.9
OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

File systems:

Mac OS Extended format (case-insensitive)
FAT32
exFAT

Release date: November 27, 2014

Languages: English US, German, Japanese, Russian, French

Build number: 6564

Release Notes for Acronis True Image 2015 Hotfix 2 build 6680
What’s new in this release
Backup exclusions—It is now possible to reduce a backup size before you start your first backup. This can be done by excluding data that does not need to be backed up. You can exclude files, folders, and data protected with third-party applications.
Customer feedback feature—A new simple feedback form is available directly from the application interface. Go to the Acronis True Image menu, click Send Feedback, and then let us know what you think about Acronis True Image.
List of fixed issues
System becomes unbootable after incremental recovery, when FileVault 2 on OS X 10.10 is enabled.
Acronis True Image 2015 crashes at every attempt to recover files from an AFP share.
Parallels virtual disk is always backed up to Acronis Cloud as a new file.
It is possible to select and start recovery of a backup created with Acronis True Image 2015 for PC.
List of known issues
When selecting a backup destination, if you mount a network share via an IP address, unmount it, and then re-mount it via a name, the backup destination becomes unavailable.
AFP shares are not detected automatically under bootable media; a user has to mount it.
Acronis True Image 2015 prevents Mac from sleeping.
The indicator of backup progress unexpectedly jumps to 100 percent if a large amount of data was excluded from the backup.
In the online backup exclusions dialog, folder paths with long names are truncated.
The product may work incorrectly if it was installed in a custom location.
Technical information

Release date: February 05, 2015

Languages: English US, German, Japanese, Russian, French

Build number: 6680

What’s new in Acronis True Image 2016 Beta::
• Family dashboard for centralized backup management – Acronis True Image 2016 allows you to back up as many as three computers and 10 mobile devices, under a single account. Install Acronis True Image 2016 on all your computers and mobile devices. Use the new simple web-based Family Dashboard to monitor and manage all backups, as well as restore files from any computer that was previously backed up to the Acronis Cloud.
• Unlimited mobile backup for iOS and Android devices – Has been added mobile cloud backup to Acronis True Image Unlimited.
* Continuous mobile data protection backs up your data every time new information is saved
* Back up contacts, photos, videos, calendars and more
* Restore your data all at once or select only the items that you need
* Import all of your mobile data to a new phone
• Windows 10 Insider Preview support – If you’re using the Windows 10 Insider Preview, you can now protect your system with Acronis True Image. Acronis True Image 2016 is fully optimized for the best Windows 10 experience.
• Improved backup experience and usability enhancements:
* Improved backup creation and editing process
* Easy and intuitive backup naming
* Improved accessibility
• Multilingual application – You can now easily change your interface language.
• Try&Decide – This feature allows you to create a secure, controlled, temporary workspace on your computer without requiring you to install special virtualization software. Safely try new software, surf untrusted websites, or open suspicious files.

List of fixed issues

Several issues with "Operations are in progress, please wait" message at shutdown
Trial version of Acronis True Image is created by Universal Boot Media Builder
Cleanup rules do not work with built-in incremental and differential backup schemes
External USB drives are not detected under bootable media
Saved custom schemes are not shown in list of schemes
Installation fails with error: "Installer cannot continue because because one of True Image tools is running. Please close the running tool and restart the installer"
Not possible to create Windows PE bootable media due to disabled button
WinPE Universal Restore Media occasionally fails to boot with error: "The system cannot find the file specified"
Notifications about Acronis Cloud expiration appear even in case of zero cloud storage usage
In-product notifications to share information about product updates, new features and product enhancements are added

List of known issues

Bitlocker-encrypted partitions are not backed up to Acronis Cloud
Disk backup with a bitlocker-encrypted partition is too large
Installation fails with error: "Microsoft.VC80.CRT..."

List of fixed issues

Compatibility issues with OS X 10.11 Public Beta
Added Parallels Desktop for Mac 10.2 support
Added in-product notifications to share information about product updates, new features and product enhancements

List of known issues

Operation System on Boot Camp partition sometimes does not boot after recovery
Backup occasionally fails at startup on OS X 10.11 with FileVault 2
In Rescue Media, long backup name is shown truncated
Uninformative error message appears when trying to open incomplete backup
After clean installation, product offers user Acronis Cloud as backup destination
Acronis True Image continues backup to the cloud even after log out
When recovering a large file in Rescue Media, progress bar stops for a certain time period and then shows that backup is finished