Restoring From a Backup File
There are several reasons to need to restore from backup files. You may have installed Freedom® on a new computer or had file corruption. Whatever the reason, Freedom's Restore Utility resets Freedom to the state it was in when you created the backup files.
IMPORTANT: When restoring from Freedom backup files, you should be aware of the following:
- Backup files are encrypted based on the passphrase that was in use when the files were created.
- If you restore from a backup file on a computer that has different nyms installed, the backup nyms will overwrite them. Make sure that you are not replacing nyms that belong to someone else.
- If you have multiple backup files, use the most recently created one. Older backup files may not accurately reflect the current state of Freedom on your computer. You may lose recently created nyms.
- If you retire a nym and you restore from a backup file that contains the retired nym, you will have to re-retire the nym. The nym will appear in the Nym List but you won’t be able to use it.
- If you restore from a backup file after creating new nyms, you will lose the new nyms.
To restore from a backup file of your nyms:
1.Close Freedom.
2.Restore the backup file using the following command (typed on a single line):
cp /[directory where the backup was saved]/nym.backup ~/.freedom/freedom.nym
3.Start Freedom to use the restored nyms.
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