Acronis True Image for Mac - User Guide - Manual (Page 12)

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2. Clear the check boxes next to the items that you want to exclude, and then click OK.
2.7 Selecting Acronis Cloud data center
When you create a backup to Acronis Cloud, your data is uploaded to one of the Acronis data centers
located in different countries. Initially, the data center is defined as the one closest to your location
when you create your Acronis account. Afterwards, your online backups and synced files are stored
in the same data center, by default.
We recommend that you set the data center for a backup manually, when you are in a different
country and your default data center is not the closest to your current location. This will significantly
increase the data upload rate.
Note: You cannot change the data center for an already existing backup.
To select a data center:
1. When configuring an online backup, click Settings, and then click Advanced.
2. Select the country that is closest to your current location, and then click OK.
2.8 What is Acronis Cloud?
Remote storage
On the one hand, Acronis Cloud is a secure remote storage which you can use to store your backups.
Because files are stored in remote storage, you can recover the entire contents of your Mac if a
disaster or data corruption event occurs.
If you use Acronis True Image for Windows, you can also store file backups, disk images, and versions
of your synchronized files in Acronis Cloud.
To start using Acronis Cloud:

Create Acronis account (p. 12), if you do not have one.
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Subscribe to the Acronis Cloud service (p. 13).
Web application
On the other hand, Acronis Cloud is a web application that allows you to recover and manage the
data that you store on Acronis Cloud. To work with the application you can use any Mac or PC that is
connected to the Internet.
To access the application, go to https://www.acronis.com/my/online-backup/, log in to your account,
and then click Recover my data now.
2.8.1 Creating an Acronis account
To use the Acronis Cloud service, you need an Acronis account.
To create an Acronis account:
1. Open Acronis True Image 2015.
2. Select Acronis Cloud as a destination for your backup. The login window will open.
3. Click Create Account.
4. Fill in the registration form.