Is it worth moving from ATI 2017 to 2018 or 2019?
I have my main pc on ATI 2017. To date I run the full 1/diff 5 pattern, keeping two copies. I am going to experiment with also running another backup with ATI in either nonstop mode or else increasing the full 1/5 diff to full 1/hourly, I will write separately about that.
ATI has been pretty ok. Here are the things I wish were better:
- image restore is more complex than I like, have to resort to the docs that the kind Steve has be sure of what I'm doing.
- Consolidation can be a pain to go through
- I suspect that ATI has been responsible for some of the few system crashes or lockups that my system experiences, though this is hard to prove
- ATI UI can be sluggish
Since I'm about to experiment with more frequent backups, could either 2018 or 2019 have improvements in that area?
I asked many months about about 2017=>2018, and got advice that there are only mild feature improvements, but that 2017 wouldn't be getting updates any more, both valuable bits of info.
I bought ATI 2018 but never installed it. ATI 2019 is out now. Do either have interesting improvements in stability, in the consolidation operation, or restore? Since I own 2018, are there mild incremental improvements, and low risk of increased problems, if I move to it? 2019 is so new that I'm not sure anyone has a well formed opinion about it.


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I was never sold on the extra protection / security features of the 2018/19 versions. The biggest upgrade for me was 2017 for Windows 10 compatibility.
Rely on your favorite antivirus and/or malware protection for lightweight effective protection and let Acronis do what it is great at, data backup.
I back up to multiple locations to protect my family against ransomware.
- Network Attached Storage which includes incremental and full backups but excluding files that I back up to online storage.
- A rotation of 5 incrementals to 1 full backup while clearing full backups older than 5 versions.
- I use this pattern for 2 computers in our household and have over 2100 backups done between the two.
- Online file storage such as OneDrive and GoogleDrive; documents, photos, videos, game save files and any critical files I need access to remotely.
- Offline USB hard drive. The keyword here is offline. Once weekly I briefly connect the drives to my NAS and transfer the most recent full backup to the drives and then disconnect to protect against ransomware.
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