Auto Backup
Building your snippets collection is a time-consuming task. To make sure you don't lose your snippets, Snippety by default automatically backs up your snippets every 72 hours. This way, you can always restore your snippets to a previous state.
Configuration
To enable or disable auto backup, go to App Settings -> Backup.
This feature allows you to configure the interval of the auto backup, the time after which the backup will be deleted, or even manually trigger the backup.
Manual Backups
From this screen, you can also manually trigger the backup and name it according to your needs. This is useful if you want to create a backup before making some significant changes.
App Settings
The Settings section contains the Import app settings toggle, which controls whether app settings are part of a restore at all.
- Enabled (default): restoring a backup or importing a database also brings back the settings stored in it.
- Disabled: only your snippets are restored, and your current app settings are kept untouched.
Turn this off if you restore snippets on a machine you have already configured - your triggers, appearance, and other preferences will survive the restore.
The same behavior is available from the CLI, where
settings are left alone unless you pass --settings to snippety import.
Restore Backup
Restoring a backup is very simple. Just select the backup you want to restore and click on the Restore button. This will replace your current database with the backup, including most of your settings.
Some settings like synchronization options, statistics, or Launch at login will not be restored. If you want a full restore, use the Import Database option from the General settings.