![]() ![]() Overall, however, the look is attractive and modern-looking, and things improve a bit with every iteration. Tiny, somewhat indistinct ‘+’ signs to expand trees, and minor language and organizational issues all add up to inefficiency in spots. Even after several years, I still grab the wrong part of the scroll bar, as the handles are light and the background dark-the opposite of the norm. Once you know your way around the True Image GUI, it’s efficient, but there is the occasional “what the heck” moment. Not that True Image has any issues restoring data, but if you want to browse a backup in 20 years’ time, it would be nice not having to hunt down an old program to do it. There are two things I wish True Image supported: the aforementioned multiple destinations beyond the proprietary cloud adjunct, and non-proprietary container formats such as ISO, VHD, or even Zip. The main program, which admittedly you’ll rarely need to run, is also rather slow to boot-no doubt because it is checking your account/update status and the state of True Image’s various functions. The download is a whopping 600MB, the installation about the same, and there are six separate background processes running at all times. If all those features sound like they will use a significant amount of system resources, you’re correct. True Image has a number of auxiliary tools that are very useful. True Image supports restoring to different hardware (bare metal restore), though that’s generally become far less of an issue with Windows 10’s more robust driver functionality and infrastructure. ![]() Add to that the ability to create a restore partition, and Try & Decide, which is something like creating a restore point before you install new software, allowing you to roll back to the pre-install state easily. There’s also a clean-up utility that erases histories and securely wipes the free space on your hard drive. The latter two features are available only with the Premium version. The Standard version includes Active Protection, which wards off ransomware, as well as crypto-mining of your data. The tangential but still-interesting features include security: 256-bit AES encryption, block-chain file verification via Acronis Notary, and electronic signatures with the company’s Asign. Tape isn’t supported, but I’m guessing there aren’t a lot of people left who use that storage type. You can back up to just about any kind of media or location, including removable, optical, and FTP. There’s also syncing with other PCs running True Image. ![]()
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