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Back up and restore your library

Save your whole library, or chosen parts of it, to one .pcbackup file. Restoring adds what a computer is missing and never replaces anything.

Mac appChrome
Where to find it
  1. Settings
  2. Your data
  3. Back up

Back up#

  1. 1Open Settings › Your data and choose Back up.The library’s storage bar has a Back up link too.
  2. 2Choose Everything, or Choose which to pick by kind or down to a single video.Kinds are videos and their edits, step-by-step guides, screenshots, saved styles and your settings.
  3. 3Press Save backup.The file is called PointerCam backup with the date, and ends in .pcbackup. Keep the window open until it is done.

A guide you back up brings its video with it, since it is made from it.

Restore#

  1. 1Open Settings › Your data and choose Restore a backup.
  2. 2Pick the .pcbackup file.PointerCam lists what the file adds that this computer is missing.
  3. 3Choose Use its settings too if you want its settings as well, then Restore.

Read next

Delete your dataSettings › Your data › Delete data removes chosen kinds of things, or everything. It offers a backup first, and deleting everything asks you to type delete.Where your recordings and files are keptEverything you record and edit stays on your computer: in Chrome’s storage for pointercam.com, or in the Mac app’s own folder. Nothing is uploaded.Enter your Studio licence keyStudio has no account. Your licence key arrives by email: paste it under Settings › Plan & billing, or in the dialog any crown opens.

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