Documentation
  • Tropy Basics
  • What's New
  • Before you begin
    • Tropy Basics
    • Who owns the rights to the archival materials I use?
    • What is metadata and how do I use it?
  • Using Tropy
    • Intro to the interface
    • Create a new project.
    • Add photos to Tropy.
  • In the project view
    • View photos in project view.
    • Combine photos into items.
    • Add metadata to items.
    • Tag items.
    • Organize items into lists.
    • Search for items, metadata, notes, or tags.
    • Copy and paste items.
    • Delete items.
  • In the item view
    • Getting started in the item view
    • Edit photos in an item.
    • Create selections within an item.
    • Take notes on or transcribe the content of an item.
  • In the template editor
    • Getting started with templates
    • Create a new template.
    • Edit a template.
    • Export and import templates.
    • Add vocabularies.
  • Other features
    • Export from Tropy
    • Export with CSV Export plugin
    • Export with Archive plugin
    • Export to Omeka S
    • Print items
    • Keyboard shortcuts in Tropy
    • Preferences
    • Collaboration
  • Troubleshooting
    • Moving photos
    • Reporting problems
    • Backup
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  1. Troubleshooting

Backup

Tropy files can be backed up just like any other files on your computer. They live in three places: 1. The project file (.tpy), saved wherever you told the file to save when you created your project, likely in My Documents or a similar folder. 2. The 'user data' folder, which contains any custom templates you might have created: ~/Library/Application Support/Tropy (macOS) ~/.config/tropy (linux) or %APPDATA%\Tropy (Windows), 3. and the photos (which Tropy currently does not modify at all).

You can back up all of these files just as you would back up any other computer file, using an external drive, a cloud drive, or some other method.

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