Automatic Backups

Brainy automatically creates regular backups of your entire database to protect against data loss.

How Backups Work

Backup Location

  • Backups are stored in a folder named backups inside the folder named after your username, inside your database directory
  • By default, the database directory is your app settings directory

Backup Naming

  • Each backup is named by date and time (e.g., 2026_05_01_19_44_45.backup)
  • The date helps you identify when each backup was created
  • Multiple backups accumulate over time

Restoring from a Backup

If something goes wrong and you need to restore from a backup:

Steps to Restore

  1. Close Brainy — Exit the application completely

  2. Navigate to Database Directory — Locate your backups

  3. Go to where your database files are stored — by default, this is your app settings directory
  4. Open the folder named after your username

  5. Backup files are named by date and time (e.g., 2026_05_01_19_44_45.backup)

  6. Select Your Backup — Choose which backup to restore from

  7. Pick the timestamp closest to when you last had good data

  8. Prepare for Restore

  9. Delete or rename the current brainy.db file (save it elsewhere as a safety measure)

  10. Rename your chosen backup file to brainy.db

  11. Restart Brainy — Open the application

  12. It will load data from the restored backup

Example

Original:  2026_05_01_19_44_45.backup
Restore:   brainy.db

Best Practices

  • ✅ Enable auto-sync to keep cloud copies of your data
  • ✅ Periodically backup your database directory to external storage
  • ✅ Note the timestamps of your most important backups
  • ⚠️ Always keep the current brainy.db file as a safety measure before testing restores