User`s guide

5.4 Options screen

Acronis True Image Home has options related to its appearance and various program functions. To

view or edit the default options, choose Tools & Utilities→ Options in the main program menu.

The Backup options item provides for making settings to be used by default in any backup task. You

can modify the settings depending on your backup needs. For detailed information on the backup

options and possible settings see Fine-tuning your backups (p. 74). In addition, you can change the

backup options while configuring a specific backup task. In such case the changed options will be

used only for this task.

Similarly, the Recovery options item provides for making settings to be used by default by any

recovery task. For detailed information on the recovery options and possible settings see Setting

default recovery options (p. 96). As with the backup options, you can change the recovery options for

a specific recovery task.

The Local storage settings item provides for making other settings related to the backup process, for

example, they may have a more or less noticeable effect on the backup process speed. For more

information see Fine-tuning your backups (p. 74).

The Search options allow you to enhance the Search function by integrating it with Windows Search

or Google Desktop search engines. If you have one of those search engines installed, you can include

tib files in their index files by selecting the appropriate box in the Desktop search options window.

For more information see Windows Search and Google Desktop integration (p. 138)

The Notifications options allow you to enable sending of notifications upon any backup/recovery

operation completion either by E-mail or through the Messenger (WinPopup) service. By default all

notifications are disabled. For more information see Operation results notification (p. 147).

The Appearance options allow modifying the appearance of the program's user interface by selecting

a font to be used on screens, in dialogs, etc. You can also modify a font to be used in the menu items.

To view the appearance of a concrete font, click the "..." button, select the font and have a look at

the sample text. If you are satisfied with the font's appearance, click OK, otherwise try another font

or click Cancel. In addition, the Appearance options let you filter all tasks created on your computer.