File locations & backup notes

It is very important to backup your Harmony data. Most likely, you are counting on Harmony to work when you need it. But computers and applications fail, usually when we least expect it.

At a minimum, we recommend using the Time Machine feature available in OS X as it takes a complete backup of your Mac and is run hourly. However, any good backup software will do. Just be sure that it is run regularly and your backups are tested.

If you need to restore just your Harmony data, here are the locations in which Harmony stores files:

Purchased directly from Glencode
Database, Bibles & License ~/Library/Application Support/Harmony/
Preferences ~/Library/Preferences/com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp.plist
Media ~/Movies/Harmony/
Purchased from Mac App Store
Database, Bibles & License ~/Library/Containers/com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp/Data/Library/Application Support/Harmony/
Preferences ~/Library/Containers/com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp/Data/Library/Preferences/com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp.plist
Media ~/Movies/Harmony/

The tilde (~) represents your home folder.

The ~/Library folder is hidden on OS X Lion and later. In Finder use Go to Folder... in the Go menu and enter ~/Library to see it's contents. For more information on other ways to view to the ~/Library folder or make it visible again, Macworld has a helpful article.

A note on fonts

It's worth noting that while Harmony doesn't provide or store any fonts, like any presentation application it makes extensive use of fonts. Any backup or restoration should consider the fonts used in your Themes.


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