Your data and backups

Where it's stored#

Everything you create in the app (schedules, songs and their themes, library, imported Bibles, scenes, overlays and settings) is saved in a folder called worship-app, the app's internal name:

The easiest way to open it is Settings › About › Open logs folder.

Your files aren't copied#

The library keeps track of where each file is instead of copying it. If you move, rename or delete a video or presentation, the app marks it Missing (what to do). Removing something from the library never deletes the file from your disk. The only time the app writes to one of your files is when you save a song tied to its file (which ones).

Along with your data, that folder holds the included backgrounds (backgrounds), the library thumbnails, and the audio and video extracted from some presentations so the app can play them. Clear cache in Settings › Slides deletes that audio and video, and the app extracts it again automatically.

Backups#

When a new version needs to update the database, the app first saves a verified copy in the backups folder automatically (it keeps the last three). There's no export button. To make your own copy:

1. 1

   Close Himnova Live.

2. 2

   Copy the whole worship-app folder to a USB drive or to cloud storage.

3. 3

   Copy your files too (videos, presentations, images and any song folders you linked), since they aren't inside that folder.

Move everything to another computer#

There's no automatic way yet. With the app closed on both computers, you can copy the worship-app folder to the same location on the other one. Your schedules, songs, Bibles, scenes, overlays and settings come along. The app looks for the library's files in the same folders as on the original computer. If they aren't there, they show as Missing and you'll have to locate them one by one.