

Also of note: Acronis Active Protection will be available for Macs in the near future. Ransomware risks-With recent reports of ransomware risks to MacOS systems, it’s worth remembering that doing backups is your best protection against ransomware.Virtual machines running on Macs-Acronis provides software that can back up Parallels Desktop VMs automatically and incrementally-it backs up changed blocks of data only, a dramatic savings in time and storage for backups.The cloud backup feature also ensures that you meet the recommended “3-2-1” backup rule-keeping three copies of everything, in two different formats, with one copy stored online. That means you can access backups from any location or easily share backup files with others. You can choose which drive to serve as the local backup, and Acronis can store an additional copy of all data in the cloud. You can have complete flexibility to protect data when, where and how you want. Acronis supports incremental backup of Parallels Desktop virtual machines and makes backup scheduling more flexible and automatic-even while users are traveling and away from their local backup disk. Time Machine doesn’t protect your Mac in the event of physical damage, hence the need for cloud backup to complement local backup. Acronis Backup 12.5 does-and does so both physically and to the cloud. Files and folders with music and photos are absolutely important, but Time Machine doesn’t back up and protect the full system. Time Machine is intended to back up files and folders to an external hard drive or other types of local, physical storage. In addition to services such as Time Machine, Acronis Backup 12.5 extends data protection by providing backup protection to the full system, however it does not replace the native MacOS backup Time Machine software. If you are performing scheduled backups, make sure you are fully protecting your data. It’s a small bit of insurance invested to protect against data loss and operational continuity disruption. If you’re not already scheduling regular system backups for your Apple Mac, it’s time to do it. Guest blog article from Guennadi Moukine, Acronis!
