CuriousTommy Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 I really love using BitTorrent Sync for syncing very large files, but there is one thing that is driving my crazy and that is the lack of a backup and restore feature for the settings, folder locations, keys, etc. I have a tradition of erasing my entire hard drive and starting from scratch when a new OS update comes out. It gets really annoying trying to manually copy and paste all the keys. It would be really awesome if there was a backup and restore function for BitTorrent Sync; where you can select the secrets you want to restore and change the directory to different location if needed. I really hope you consider this feature. It would make BitTorrent a flawless experience for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 It's already quite easy to backup/restore your Sync settings - for example, on Windows, just make a copy your %AppData%\BitTorrent Sync folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousTommy Posted November 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) It's already quite easy to backup/restore your Sync settings - for example, on Windows, just make a copy your %AppData%\BitTorrent Sync folder Would it be the same thing on Linux and Mac (of course with the location of the btsync settings being different from windows)? Edited November 17, 2014 by CuriousTommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Would it be the same thing on Linux and Mac (of course with the location of the btsync settings being different from windows)? Yep - same principle applies! Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/BitTorrent SyncLinux: ./sync Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousTommy Posted November 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Yep - same principle applies! Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/BitTorrent SyncLinux: ./sync Awesome, thanks! Now I don't have to worry about manually inputting the key or it's location. It would be nice if there was a feature in the GUI but I don't mind doing it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbit Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 A GUI feature is needed. It's probably a piece of cake for the developers, and it is far more user friendly that trying to find a hidden folder (appdata does not even appear in explorer) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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