TheBard Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Hi all, I'm curious, is there a way to backup how you have organized your library? In the past, I've had to replace a computer and reorganize my entire library which is quite extensive and it took a lot of time to do this. Is there any way to back up the way organization in a library is done (categories, folders, order of resources within each section, dividers, etc)? Or, is there some kind of overall backup of accordance that can be done which when restored (on the same or different computer) maintains the way the library was organized? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Bolesta Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Yes! It is a good idea to back up your preferences. The files in the preferences folder include library organization. See 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBard Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Michael J. Bolesta said: Yes! It is a good idea to back up your preferences. The files in the preferences folder include library organization. See Thank you for this. This article discusses how to back it up which is helpful. How would one go about restoring Accordance "back to normal"? I imagine copying certain files back into the appdata\local\accordance folder (for Windows)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Bolesta Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I had to do that yesterday. I simply copied the preferences (since they were somehow corrupt). I also did it a year ago with a new computer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewJames Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 5 hours ago, Michael J. Bolesta said: Yes! It is a good idea to back up your preferences. The files in the preferences folder include library organization. See Does that preference file get synced automatically when one uses the Accordance to Dropbox sync feature? If not, it seems like that would be a very good thing for Accordance to include in that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Bolesta Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I do not synch to Dropbox, but I suspect the answer is no. Check your Dropbox folders. I believe it synchronizes your user files. Preference files (at least on the Mac) are kept elsewhere. A Windows user may be able to clarify for you @MatthewJames. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Dropbox doesn’t sync those files, but I’m hoping our enhanced syncing that replaces Dropbox syncing will improve on this front. It will be available as an update to Accordance 14. We don’t have an official release date for it yet, but we are making great progress on it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, TheBard said: Thank you for this. This article discusses how to back it up which is helpful. How would one go about restoring Accordance "back to normal"? I imagine copying certain files back into the appdata\local\accordance folder (for Windows)? If you're reinstalling the same version from scratch, delete the two default directories and replace them with the ones you backed up. Most of your custom data is in: Documents > Accordance Files. Most (all?) of the preference settings are in: AppData > Local > Accordance > Accordance Preferences (Windows), or Library > Preferences > Accordance Preferences (Mac). Edited February 1, 2023 by Lawrence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBard Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 49 minutes ago, Lawrence said: If you're reinstalling the same version from scratch, delete the two default directories and replace them with the ones you backed up. Most of your custom data is in: Documents > Accordance Files. Most (all?) of the preference settings are in: AppData > Local > Accordance > Accordance Preferences (Windows), or Library > Preferences > Accordance Preferences (Mac). Excellent, thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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