Back up and restore

Where your data is stored

Trades, screenshots, rules, candles and settings are stored in Red Candle's data folder on this computer — Settings → Data & Storage → Storage location shows it, with Show in Finder / File Explorer. Nothing goes to the cloud unless you use a cloud AI provider. Library size shows how many trades, screenshots and candles you have.

Your account only holds your email, name, subscription and which computer is active.

Back up

Settings → Data & Storage → Back Up Now. Red Candle saves the database and all screenshots to Documents › Red Candle Backups, in a folder named with the date and time. The card shows when your last backup was.

Back up regularly — and always before moving to another computer.

When an update needs to change your journal's database, Red Candle first saves a full backup by itself, named before update. It appears in the Restore… list. Red Candle keeps the last three of these for each account and never removes the backups you make yourself.

Restore

1. Settings → Data & Storage → Restore…
2. Pick a backup from the list.
3. Click Restore.

This account's trades, screenshots, rules, candles and settings on this computer are replaced with what the backup holds. The list shows only the backups of the account signed in now. Your current data is backed up first, so you can go back. Saved API keys stay.

A backup made by a newer version of Red Candle needs the app updated before it can be restored.

Move your data to another computer

1. On the old computer: Back Up Now.
2. Copy the backup's folder (from Documents › Red Candle Backups) to the new computer's Documents › Red Candle Backups.
3. On the new computer: Restore… and pick it.

Then move your subscription — see Move to another computer.