So if a future routine or major feature update of Windows breaks Macrium Reflect Free, it will not be fixed. They call out Windows 10 and 11 version 22H2 specifically, stating “There will be no new features or support for later Windows operating system updates.”

The software may not support future updates to Windows.Also as with Windows, this seems low risk/low impact. Any security-related issues discovered after 1/1/24 will not be fixed.The software will continue to work, and you’ll continue to back up.

Option 2: Continue with FreeĪs with Windows, nothing really happens when support ends. Data loss can easily be significantly more costly if you’re not using a good tool (or no tool at all). Since I have multiple machines, I’ve purchased 1 the four-pack of Macrium Reflect Home, and it provides a nice quantity discount.īesides continued updates, this ensures you also get the full feature set, including scheduled backups, all three backup types (full, incremental, and differential) and what might be the single biggest selling point: Macrium Image Guardian - AKA ransomware protection, protecting the backups themselves from being altered by anyone. My honest recommendation is that you spring for the paid version of Reflect if you can afford it. Having a robust tool you can trust to do it is worth an investment. Option 1: Upgradeīacking up is important. I see three options: upgrade, continue as is, or jump ship. The paid version of Reflect 8 continues to be available and supported. Security updates will also stop on January 1, 2024. There are several ways to interpret that, but my take is that effective immediately, the current free version will no longer receive any updates other than security updates. After that date we will no longer provide any changes to the v8 Free code base. Security patches will still be provided until 1st January 2024. Macrium Reflect Free v8.0 is the last version to receive feature, compatibility or bug fix updates. Quoting their recently updated support policy, the folks at Macrium have announced that: Switch to a free alternative such as EaseUS Todo.(My recommendation, if your budget allows.) Reflect Free will get no further updates after.

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