If a new version becomes available during your subscription period you will be informed and then it is automatically available to download and install. There are several ways to buy Acronis both with and without Cloud storage space and you choose the number of PC’s you want to cover. In normal use there is little difference in what you see, last year saw the introduction of being able to shut the program down and it would continue in background mode, on completion you can even set it to shut down the PC, however as a belt, braces and safety pin person I like to see what is happening and while I often minimize it only checking during the backup on progress I can and do continue to use the PC normally during the backup. This year while it still removes the old version it is integrated with the new version being installed so less likely to get a problem.

In previous years when I have tried to install a new version it insists on removing the old version first and this is a point when problems can occur. Finally Backup upon connection, this means that as soon as the external drive is connected the backup will start without any intervention from you.

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