Acronis True Picture, previously Cyber Defend Residence Workplace, is a well-liked backup, cloning, and imaging software program, in case you need one thing aside from the default Microsoft really helpful backup app. The appliance has lastly acquired help for Home windows 11 model 24H2 and BitLocker, which is the 2024 function replace for Home windows 11.

This comes at a good time since earlier this month, Microsoft introduced that it was starting to roll out the replace to extra customers. As such, the function replace needs to be obtainable for downloading to extra folks.

In case you might not have adopted, Home windows 11 24H2 lowered necessities for automated machine encryption (Auto-DE), and thus, OEMs can allow automated BitLocker encryption. Following the change, Microsoft additionally printed a information about BitLocker key backup and restoration.

Additionally, some customers on the Acronis help discussion board (Link1, Link2) had been complaining about compatibility points with model 24H2, so these points will hopefully be resolved as properly.

The total changelog for the brand new model, Construct 41736, is given beneath:

What’s new

• Added help for Home windows 11 (model 24H2), making certain help for automated BitLocker enablement.
• Safety fixes.
• Improved readability in error message descriptions.
• Bug fixes and different enhancements.

Acronis additionally lists the system necessities, together with the {hardware} necessities. It notes:

System necessities

{Hardware} necessities

• Intel CORE 2 Duo (2 GHz) or equal processor that helps SSE directions.

Sadly, although, in case you are on a Core 2 Duo or one thing related that doesn’t have x86_64-v2 directions like SSE4.2 and PopCnt, you won’t be able to put in Home windows 11 24H2, and no trick or hack exists that may have the ability to work round this requirement. Therefore, the point out of Core 2 Duo within the necessities means little on the newest shopper Home windows.

Microsoft additionally lately clarified that it has no intention to decrease the system necessities for Home windows 11 regardless of what some media experiences have claimed.