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 daily.

To schedule the backup:

1. Click Settings, choose backup frequency, and then specify the start time.
   • Do not schedule

     This option turns scheduling off.

   • Daily

     The backup starts once or twice a day at the specified time or with a time interval that you select.

   • Weekly

     The backup starts every week on the selected days and at the specified time.

   • Monthly

     The backup starts every month on the selected dates and at the specified time.

   • When an external device is connected (available for backups to external destination only)

     If you schedule a task for performing backup to a USB flash drive or external HDD, the backup starts every time the same external device is attached. Select the Once a day check box if you want the backup to be performed only once a day for the device.

   • Nonstop (available for file-level cloud backup only)

     The initial full backup contains all of the data selected for protection. Acronis True Image 2021 then continually monitors the protected files (including open ones). Once a modification is detected, the changed data is backed up. The shortest interval between the incremental backup operations is five minutes. This allows you to recover your data to an exact point in time.

2. After you have configured all settings, click OK.

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. You can use Mac Power Nap to avoid gaps in backing up your data.

To use Mac Power Nap:

• Turn on the Power Nap in your mac Energy Saver > Power Adapter parameters.
• In the Acronis True Image menu, click Preferences, click General, and then select the back up when your Mac is in Power Nap check box. Click OK.

When this setting in turned on, and your Mac is in the sleep mode when the scheduled time comes, the backup will run in the next Power Nap. Please be aware that backing up during Power Nap works only if your computer is connected to the power supply.