New in Macrium Reflect 8

Macrium Reflect 8 was first released on the 17th of May 2021. This article includes the new features that were included in Macrium Reflect 8. Extended support for Macrium Reflect 8 will end on the 8th of October 2025. To continue receiving support and product updates, it is recommended that customers migrate to Macrium Reflect X. This article contains more information about the new features that are included in Macrium Reflect X.

This article contains information about the features as they were released in Macrium Reflect 8; due to ongoing improvements to features, the information in this article may now be out of date.

	Resilient File System (ReFS) and exFAT support for Server and Server Plus Editions We've added support for Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) and Extensible File Allocation Table (ExFAT) file systems for Intelligent sector copy, MIG, and, in the case of ReFS, for CBT as well.
	Dark theme Macrium Reflect v8 includes optimized Light and Dark theme user interface options to enhance the user experience.
	Intra-daily scheduled backups Macrium Reflect v8.0 now includes Intra-Daily scheduling of backups for a minimum of 15-minute intervals between start times, providing near continuous backup protection.
	Removable media imaging and cloning support v8.0 includes support for imaging and cloning USB Flash drives. Flash drives can be imaged and cloned using the same functionality and UI as regular internal disk drives. USB Flash drives can be cloned to other USB flash drives or internal disks. Flash drives show in the Reflect main window alongside internal disks:
	Automatic partition resizing when restoring or cloning to different-sized disks We've improved the Restore and Clone functionality by adding automatic fill/shrink where the target disk is a different size from the source. The most common disk copy tasks are now automated, and we've also added the ability to set free space before and after a copied partition to precisely locate and resize partitions on the target disk.
	New 'Existing Backups' view We've renamed the 'Restore' tab in v7 to 'Existing Backups' and added extra functionality, including the ability to view backup files in their backup chain hierarchy, navigate to individual folders where backups are stored, and edit the comment field in existing backups.
	Improved file and folder backup wizard We've improved the user interface for adding folders to your File and Folder backups by adding a tree selection for 'root' folders
	Improved backup file name functionality New run-time parameters enable dynamic information to be included in backup file names at run time.
	New tbFAT driver for mounting file and folder backups In v8.0, F&F backups containing files larger than 4GB in size can now be mounted in Windows Explorer, showing the original file size and contents. In earlier versions of Macrium Reflect, backed-up files would be split into multiple 4GB chunks, and the only way to restore large files was by using the File Restore functionality in the main application. We've added a new driver to mount all F&F backup files. The maximum size of a contained file is now 3.9 TB rather than 4 GB.
	Redesigned and improved 'Log' view The Log view page has been extensively redesigned in v8 to make locating logs much easier. We've also improved the performance when accessing and searching large quantities of logs, as may be necessary when running Intra-Daily backups.
	OAuth 2.0 email authentication for Gmail and Outlook 365 Macrium Reflect v8.0 includes OAuth 2.0 to authenticate Macrium Reflect to send emails using your Microsoft or Gmail account. It's easy to set up and uses your account sign-in, including two-factor if enabled, to securely authenticate.
	viBoot now includes Oracle VirtualBox support v8.0 adds Oracle VirtualBox support for instant virtualization of Macrium Reflect Images. For customers without Windows operating systems capable of running Hyper-V, or those that require USB drive virtualization, VirtualBox provides a great solution to reduce Time To Recover (TTR), or to test Image restore capability.

For more detailed information about these features, you can download the Macrium Reflect 8 knowledge base here.