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Automated backup: the Mac and Windows equivalents
macOS
- Time Machine
Windows
- File History
- Windows Backup
What to know
File History versions your user folders and Windows Backup syncs to OneDrive; neither restores a whole machine, and Macrium Reflect's free tier ended in 2024.
HouseTime Machine is the one utility switchers miss most. Nothing built into Windows matches it for set-and-forget.
See it in the full table alongside 47 other jobs, or run your own setup through the checklist to find out what else would break.