Acronis True Image scaling fails (again) in ATI 2019
I have an Acer S7-392 laptop that has a 13-inch screen with 2560x1440 resolution. Because of the small screen but high resolution, all the text and objects would be too small to easily read but for a Windows display setting "change size of text, apps,and other items" which is set to 200%. The Acronis True Image 2014 did not respond to the the scaling parameter, and thus had a user interface nearly impossible to use. I submitted a support request, got some great help, and the problem was fixed in ATI 2015. I have been using ATI 2016 for several years, and it works great, with the ATI user interface scaled up 200% as it should.
I recently decided to "upgrade" to ATI 2019, and much to my dismay, the object and font sizes were once again too small to be usable. I entered another support request, and after (once again after four years) explaining the problem, I was told that the problem is "by design". OK, so ATI 2019 is unusable on my machine "by design".
Since I had been using ATI 2016, I don't know if the scaling problem was reintroduced in versions 2017, 2018, or 2019, I only know that I can't use ATI 2019 on this machine. I have uninstalled 2019 and reinstalled 2016.
I have no idea if Acronis will do anything about this, but though I have used ATI for many years, my confidence in the program and the company has been shaken.


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Steve Smith wrote:Timothy, I can only suggest that you raise this issue directly with Renata Gubaydullina | Product manager, Acronis True Image who should be better placed to respond to the question as to why this is now deemed to be working by design?
Thanks Steve, I'll try contacting Renata. Meanwhile I have reverted to ATI 2016, which scales perfectly.
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Steve, your suggestion to contact Renata Gubaydullina | Product manager, Acronis True Image about the windows scaling problem really helped. I already have in my hands an internal build 15070 of Acronis True Image 2019 that fixes the problem of ATI ignoring the windows scaling parameter. Pretty good response for a problem reported one week ago! I am not sure the support folks would have gotten such a fast response, but of course I don't know.
Tim
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Tim, that is great to hear and very pleased to know you got such a fast and positive response via Renata - thanks for letting us know.
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