Backups

Your data is the SQLite file. Copy it when the app is closed. Automatic close-and-hourly backups with retention are the production target; this checkout also lets you copy the file by hand.

Steps

1. Quit the desktop app so WAL pages are checkpointed.
2. Copy ledger.sqlite from the app data folder to a backup disk.
3. To restore without sync, replace the file and reopen the app.
4. To restore with Cloud or Private sync on, use Sync → Restore so the confirm-diff can run. Rejecting the diff leaves every device unchanged.

Do not keep the live file in a folder another tool syncs. Backups in those folders are fine.

If this goes wrong

If the file will not open, run the integrity check from Sync → Repair. A backup taken while the app was writing may need the -wal sidecar copied too.