Macrium Reflect 8 Update Discussion

I think I'm getting ready to install my newest v.7 (upgradeable to v.8). Depends on some answers here, of course.

So, installation of v.7 will be a piece of cake, since I'm familiar with that. I'm aware of the tiny font in v.8, so if I should choose to upgrade v.7 to v.8, and find that the tiny font is totally unreadable to me, can I go back to v.7 without getting penalized?

I've also seen problems surfacing when updating v.7 to v.8. Have those been resolved?

Thanks for any and all help!

Wynona said:

I think I'm getting ready to install my newest v.7 (upgradeable to v.8). Depends on some answers here, of course.

So, installation of v.7 will be a piece of cake, since I'm familiar with that. I'm aware of the tiny font in v.8, so if I should choose to upgrade v.7 to v.8, and find that the tiny font is totally unreadable to me, can I go back to v.7 without getting penalized?

I've also seen problems surfacing when updating v.7 to v.8. Have those been resolved?

Thanks for any and all help!

I would suggest clean install. I have v7 updated to 8 on the insider and it's still trying and failing to update 7.
Fonts are still small which presents problem of my nose being longer than focal distance to the screen, collision unavoidable.

CountMike said:

I would suggest clean install. I have v7 updated to 8 on the insider and it's still trying and failing to update 7.
Fonts are still small which presents problem of my nose being longer than focal distance to the screen, collision unavoidable.

Thanks, Count.

One more question regarding an existing paid installation . . . I will need to remove it, but I think I read somewhere that I need to un-register it so I can use it on another computer?

I also have to do the same for one gifted to me so the original "owner" can reuse that one.

How do I un-register? Are there instructions somewhere?

Wynona said:

I think I'm getting ready to install my newest v.7 (upgradeable to v.8). Depends on some answers here, of course.

So, installation of v.7 will be a piece of cake, since I'm familiar with that. I'm aware of the tiny font in v.8, so if I should choose to upgrade v.7 to v.8, and find that the tiny font is totally unreadable to me, can I go back to v.7 without getting penalized?

I've also seen problems surfacing when updating v.7 to v.8. Have those been resolved?

Thanks for any and all help!

You're free to do a clean install as Mike suggested, or after V7 just accept the V8 upgrade and apply it. That's what I did. There is no right or wrong answer.

As far as all the issues anybody could have run into being fixed, that question cannot be answered. I wouldn't concern yourself with fretting over things that may or may not even happen. You have MR backups and the rescue thumbs still work, so you are not jumping off a cliff.

Now, as far as the "teeny" font. There was a patch to V8 just the other day that reverted the font sizes to the same as V7, so that is a moot point right now. Just apply the patch if it doesn't do automatically and you are right back to seeing what you saw before.

Here is an example from my machine. The V8 with the font patch applied.

Wynona said:

Thanks, Count.

One more question regarding an existing paid installation . . . I will need to remove it, but I think I read somewhere that I need to un-register it so I can use it on another computer?

I also have to do the same for one gifted to me so the original "owner" can reuse that one.

How do I un-register? Are there instructions somewhere?

Don't know that, I'm about to be gifted a license for v8 but right now I'm using 1 month trial. Which is full but time constricted.

Wynona said:

Thanks, Count.

One more question regarding an existing paid installation . . . I will need to remove it, but I think I read somewhere that I need to un-register it so I can use it on another computer?

I also have to do the same for one gifted to me so the original "owner" can reuse that one.

How do I un-register? Are there instructions somewhere?

CountMike said:

Don't know that, I'm about to be gifted a license for v8 but right now I'm using 1 month trial. Which is full but time constricted.

This may be what you are looking for. Under Help tab at top. Watch the Uninstall option. Uncheck.

f14tomcat said:

This may be what you are looking for. Under Help tab at top. Watch the Uninstall option. Uncheck.

Was just going to comment on this, I had to release my key to then use the new v8 keys to run v7. I was just sent a support email on this and was able to uninstall and reinstall 7 and will use that for work till the v8 issues have incubated for a bit.

rvcjew said:

Was just going to comment on this, I had to release my key to then use the new v8 keys to run v7. I was just sent a support email on this and was able to uninstall and reinstall 7 and will use that for work till the v8 issues have incubated for a bit.

Thanks for that. That sounds like the path to revert to V7 without any damage.