So if I downloaded the Mac version it won't clone properly? Should I get the Windows version as a trial and transfer the registration over later? Does the Windows version install and run like a normal mac app? I haven't touched a windows computer for 20 years!
OK, to clear this up for you and everyone wondering. You will have to download and install the Mac .DMG file and then move Acronis to applications if you don't want the PC version for use via a bootable USB.
The free Mac version though doesn't allow full disk cloning you can only make an image with that. An image is not bootable the same way a clone is. You would have to restore it to another drive. Then test it out to see if it boots. If you do this report back how it works for you. I have not tried this approach.
Get the Mac version of Acronis to install to your macOS system drive
Step 1. Click on Try now
Step 2. Click Download for Mac then click to open the .DMG
Step 3. Drag Acronis into your Applications folder and then open it up.
4. It will then ask you to register/create account or enter your valid serial if you have one.
5. Once that is done and the trial is started, make a backup. If you have a serial # activate,
then it's possible to make a full clone that will boot.
Hope that helps to clear up the confusion. For those that do use Windows and macOS it's best to get the PC version and make the bootable Acronis USB that will clone both Windows and macOS drives.