Back up and restore in the Vauz 2 beta
Vauz 2 keeps your vault on your Mac. A backup puts a copy of it in a folder you choose, so you can go back to an earlier day, or get your logins back if something happens to your Mac. Which kind of backup opens on another Mac is below
Set up your backups
Open Settings, then Backup
Choose a folder
Under Your backups, choose Choose folder and pick where your backups go. An external drive or a folder another app syncs both work. If another app syncs the folder, your backups go wherever that app takes them
If the folder is inside your Desktop, Documents or Downloads folder, macOS asks right away whether Vauz may access that folder. Allow it, or Vauz can't save backups there
Choose what to back up
- Vault copy: a copy of your vault's files, encrypted as they are on your Mac
- Encrypted export: your entries, encrypted with a backup passphrase you choose. Vauz can remember it, so backups run by themselves, or ask for it each time
Choose Back up now
Which one opens where. If your vault asks for your V-Key, a vault copy opens with that V-Key on any Mac. If your vault opens by itself on this Mac, without a V-Key, a vault copy restores only on this Mac. An encrypted export opens with its backup passphrase on any Mac. To set a V-Key, see Set a V-Key in the Vauz 2 beta
Back up automatically
Turn on Back up automatically and choose how often: After every change, Daily, Weekly or Monthly. After every change, Vauz makes a backup about a minute after your last change
Backups kept says how many of this Mac's backups Vauz keeps in the folder, seven unless you change it. When a new backup is made, the oldest of them goes. Backups another computer made there are never removed. Lowering the number asks you before any backup is deleted
Automatic backups come with Plus and Premium, and are free for everyone during the beta. You can always back up by hand with Back up now, and restore any backup already in your folder
Restore a backup
Open Settings, then Backup
Under Your backups, Vauz lists the backups in your folder. Choose a different folder to see the ones in it
Backups made by an earlier beta are in a folder named Vauz backups inside the folder you chose. To see them, choose that Vauz backups folder
Choose Restore beside the backup you want
If Vauz asks, enter the V-Key or the backup passphrase
Vauz asks only when it needs to: for the V-Key the vault had when the backup was made, or for the backup passphrase of an encrypted export it doesn't remember
Choose Restore
If your vault has a V-Key, confirm with Touch ID or your V-Key
Before it replaces anything, Vauz keeps your vault as it is now as a backup marked Before restore, so you can go back to it
If you have a V-Key hint, Vauz asks after restoring a vault copy whether it still fits, as the backup may have a different V-Key. You can keep it, change it or remove it. An encrypted export keeps your V-Key, so it doesn't ask then
Restore on a new Mac
The first time you open Vauz 2 on a Mac, choose Restore from a backup on the welcome screen, then pick the folder with your backups
A vault copy opens on a new Mac only if your vault had a V-Key when the copy was made. If your vault opens without a V-Key, back up with Encrypted export too, so you can restore on another Mac
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