Windows 10: Macrium combined Full and Diff schedule

I am only just getting to grips with Macrium Reflect. I don't particularly like the backup notation with numbers, why can't they say 'Full', 'Diff' or 'Inc' instead of numbers.
I have read the very good tutorial about backups but it only seems to be able to do one of the functions, Full, Diff or Incr within a schedule. I am still using Easeus at the same time until I get Macrium to give me the same flexibility without intervention.
What I need is to be able to initially do a Full backup, then say 'X' number of Differential then repeat the Full backup plus 'X' Diffs etc. The only way I can see to do it at present is based on days
Monday - Full backup on one schedule
Tuesday to Sunday - Diff backups on another schedule
There must be a way somehow as this is meant to be a flexible programme.

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Macrium combined Full and Diff schedule

I am only just getting to grips with Macrium Reflect. I don't particularly like the backup notation with numbers, why can't they say 'Full', 'Diff' or 'Inc' instead of numbers.
I have read the very good tutorial about backups but it only seems to be able to do one of the functions, Full, Diff or Incr within a schedule. I am still using Easeus at the same time until I get Macrium to give me the same flexibility without intervention.
What I need is to be able to initially do a Full backup, then say 'X' number of Differential then repeat the Full backup plus 'X' Diffs etc. The only way I can see to do it at present is based on days
Monday - Full backup on one schedule
Tuesday to Sunday - Diff backups on another schedule
There must be a way somehow as this is meant to be a flexible programme.

 

Macrium combined Full and Diff schedule

A couple of things to note as I understand it.

If you delete, or a retention rule deletes a full it will delete all incrementals or differentials associated with that parent.

If your schedule for a specific definition has more than one activity at a specific time the Fulls takes precedent over diffs / incrementals and diffs take precedent over incrementals.

In my case I take an incremental of my data everyday with a weekly differential. The incrementals and differentials are both schedule for 9:15PM.

 

Macrium combined Full and Diff schedule

No need, that is a property that can be shown in File Explorer. Click anywhere on the column titles, select More... and tick the box for 'Backup method'. This as well as 'Backup comments' were added to file explorer's list of available properties when Macrium was installed.

By default 'use the image ID as the file name (Recommended)' is ticked. You are free to untick that box and type any name you want for the image that will be created. I choose to name each full image to show which machine they are for, the version/build of Windows they have and the date (I have so many machines I need this to keep track of their images). Eg: DellLaptop_W10_18363-836_2020-05-31.

This base name will have the '-xx-yy' numbers appended to it. These are actually useful, they tell you in what order the Full and any associated Difeerential/Incremental were made.

How backup sets are created and maintained - KnowledgeBase v7 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase