Backup and restore
Writer Journal introduces 2 types of local data backup mechanisms. Namely Manual backup and Auto backup, you can either backup your documents manually or setup an auto backup schedule to let Writer Journal backup your data periodically.
Google drive sync feature has been requested many times, we are working hard to implement this feature and hopefully will be available in some future release!
Manual backup
Please follow the following steps to backup your documents and export it as a single .wjb backup file.(See the screenshots)
- Navigate to Data backup page
- Under the manual backup tab, click Backup to start the backup procedure
- Select your destination folder and give your backup file a name and click Save button
Note that you can also choose Google drive folder to save the backup file directly to your Google drive account. This way you can also restore it from another device very easily. (See the screenshots)
Manual restore
Please follow the steps below to manually restore your exported backup.
- Go to Data backup page
- Click restore button under Manual tab
- Click OK to start selecting your backup file
- Select your backup .wjb file and wait until Writer Journal restore your data
Auto backup & restore
Please follow the following steps to setup an auto backup schedule. (See the screenshots)
- Navigate to Settings page
- Click Home folder if you haven't yet specified a home folder for Writer Journal
- Select a folder for Writer Journal to use as a home folder, your auto backup files will be stored there, these files will not get deleted even if you accidentally deleted the app
- Now still in Settings page, click Auto backup and select an appropriate auto backup interval, I selected hourly
- Congratulations, you have successfully setup an auto backup schedule
- Navigate to Data backup page
- Under the Auto backup tab, you will find your auto backup files appear there once it started to backup your documents. The first backup file will appear after an hour in this example
- You can click restore button to restore all of your documents
- Click OK to start the restore process
Warning ⚠️, restore will delete all of your current documents and folders, always make sure you have backup your data before any restore process.
