Operation Manual

2.5 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 weekly.

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 a day and at the time that you specify.

 Weekly

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

 Monthly

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

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

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.

2.6 Excluding items from backups

Before you start a backup, you can reduce the backup size by excluding data that does not need to be

backed up.

You can exclude files and folders the following ways:

 Manually, from any backup

To exclude an item, specify it explicitly or use a mask.

 Automatically, from a backup to Acronis Cloud