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(Continued from page 9) Free Upgrades for Recent Buyers: If you pur-
same computer after upgrading to the next Acronis chased True Image 2017 from me after July 1,
True Image 2018 version. 2017, then you are entitled to a free upgrade to the
new True Image 2018. I will be sending these buy-
User interface improvements—The following inter- ers an email to tell them how to request their free
face elements were added or improved: upgrade. Watch for this email and get your request
Three tabs for full control of every backup were in early to enjoy the benefits of this new release.
added: Backup, Activity, and Recovery. Acronis just announced Acronis True Image 2018.
Backup comments were reworked. The new release includes major updates to the
Mobile backup and social network backup were program’s backup and recovery capabilities, and is
moved to the backup source section. The Dash- the first personal backup software to incorporate
board tab was removed from the side pane. artificial intelligence-based technology designed to
To order Acronis True Image 2018 for PC/Mac or actively protect data against ransomware. True
Acronis Disk Director 12 from us, go to our secure Image 2018has many new features including the
website at www.ugr7.com and click on the Order following:
Now button near the top of that page. Not only do Backup activity and statistics—For every backup,
we provide the best prices for these excellent prod- you can easily view how many times it was started,
ucts, we also give our customers much better sup- if the operations were successful or not, size of the
port than they will get from Acronis or other distrib- backed-up data, status of operations performed on
uters. the backup, and other details. This information is
collected on the Activity tab, which allows you to
If you have questions about this article or track the full backup history starting from its crea-
the Acronis True Image 2018 for PC/ tion.
Mac or Acronis Disk Director 12products, send an
email to support@ugr7.com and I will try to help Improved and simplified creation of WinPE-based
you with your questions. media—When you want to create a WinPE media,
the amount of data that you need to download is
True Image 2018 is now available: Last January, quite significant and can easily exceed 1 GB or
Acronis announced their True Image Premium even more. The new method optimizes this pro-
Subscription product with Active Protection against cess and downloads only those files that are re-
Ransomware, which is the most common Internet quired for the WinPE media creation. As a result,
Cyberattack tool used by hackers today. With this you need to download only about 500 MB. Moreo-
announcement of True Image 2018, Active Protec- ver, instead of creating a WinPE media you can
tion Ransomware blocker is now included in all create WinRE media. This is much easier because
three versions of True Image. This makes Acronis Windows Recovery Environment is already includ-
the only software vendor to offer a top backup utili- ed in Windows Vista and later versions of Win-
ty along with a powerful Ransomware blocker to- dows, and you do not need to download additional
day. Details of the many other features in this new components from the Internet. Similar to WinPE-
release are found in the article below. based media, you can add your drivers for better
compatibility with your hardware.
Free Upgrades for Subscription Users: If you
purchased either the True Image Standard Sub- Acronis Active Protection dashboard—This is
scription or the True Image Premium Subscrip- your new command center of anti-ransomware
tion products from me in the past year, then you protection with all the necessary settings, statis-
are entitled to a free upgrade to the newTrue Im- tics, summary, and exhaustive information on the
age 2018 release. Acronis will probably send you a current processes.
notice to download and request your free upgrade.
If you don't see this notice, you may go to your
Acronis account and download the free upgrade
separately.

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