SyncBack/SyncBackSE: Excellent and well-supported Windows backup application
I can't praise 2BrightSparks' wonderful SyncBack backup software highly enough. First used SyncBack (although only very limitedly back then) about a decade or so ago, before migrating my digital life from Windows to MacOS. I've started using it seriously only in the last year or two after reverting my digital life back from MacOS to Windows. When I moved back from MacOS to the Windows ecosystem, I missed no longer having MacOS's Time Machine backup utility, as Windows's equivalent to that comes nowhere close to it. But then I re-discovered SyncBack, and can confidently say it meets all my backup requirements. It grants a versatility and level of granularity for backups and for their scheduling that well exceeds what even Time Machine can offer. I'm not going to kid anyone: SyncBack offers a vast range of backup functionality for Windows, so this means it's a quite complex application and therefore comes with a definite learning curve. To get the most out of it, you will need to take time to sit down and go through the highly detailed help documentation. Any effort invested in doing so however will be richly rewarded. The free version of SyncBack already offers all the backup functionality a Windows user could want, but the first paid tier (SyncBackSE) offers the home user some useful perks (like group queues & run on Windows startup) that, for me, have made it well worth the purchase and upgrade fee. The only shame as far as I'm concerned is that SyncBack doesn't feature more prominently in the online listings you'll find by searching "Top 10 backup applications for Windows". SyncBack is an all-round wonder and pleasure to use, and I recommend it unreservedly to anyone looking for a solid, competent backup solution for Windows. Very well-designed and wonderfully configurable. I had a wonderful experience with 2BrightSparks Support recently, after encountering a rogue popup window in SyncBack that I was unable to get rid of. They remedied it for me with little effort. Thank you 2BrightSparks for the great recent support experience and for your dedication to what you do.