Instructions unclear for non tech-savvy users restoring V4 to V4. Please clarify.

[Jay]

I have once again lost all my session buddy data. The V3 to V4 migration was easy and I have recovered all the V3 sessions, but the last five months of V4 sessions are suddenly gone again. Frustrating.

I followed the instructions and found the two DB folders located as instructed here:   How to Locate Session Buddy v4 Data on Your Computer – Session Buddy

The problem is I do not understand what to do next. The following instructions are at the bottom of the page but they are in technical jargon that I do not understand. Could you please explain these instructions in a more step by step manner? Thank you.

When restoring Session Buddy data from a backup of these folders, follow these steps:

1. Shut down Chrome completely -  Ok no problem.
                                               
2. Rename the current data folders under the appropriate profile by appending “-backup” - I have literally no idea what this means. Being not extremely tech savvy, I'm assuming this means to change the name of both of these folders to the file name  -backup. Either that or it means change the filename to include the word backup somewhere in it..
   Is that correct? I'm not sure and don't want to make a mistake.
   
3. Copy in the restored versions of the folders and all of their contents -  Again I have no idea what this means. Copy in the restored versions of what folders? and all of their contents to where? Which folder am I copying and where am I copying it to? And where exactly within the folder am I putting it?
4. Start Chrome and open Session Buddy to validate restoration -  This seems easy enough apparently you're supposed to restart the browser and open the session buddy extension to make sure everything has automatically been restored.

These instructions should be written out in a way where people who don't have experience in these sort of things can easily navigate a step by step instructional or YouTube video or something with images describing exactly what you're explaining here because I'm totally lost. I found the two folders but I don't know what to do next with them. 

Thanks.

[Session Buddy Support]

Fair enough. Agreed these instructions could be clearer.

It sounds like you did locate the two SB data folders according to https://sessionbuddy.com/data-location-v4/, so let's start from there.

Let's also assume for the sake of explanation that the Profile Path you obtained from chrome://version/ is C:/Users/Joe/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default. This would mean your 2 data folders currently in use by SB are:

• C:/Users/Joe/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/IndexedDB/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:/Users/Joe/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/IndexedDB/chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0.indexeddb.blob
  

To clarify the steps you highlighted:

2. Rename the current data folders under the appropriate profile by appending “-backup”

Using Windows Explorer (or Finder if on a Mac), navigate to C:/Users/Joe/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/IndexedDB, If you're on a Mac, the path will look different but let's just continue to assume this path for the sake of explanation. Now rename each data folder listed above as follows:

• chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0.indexeddb-backup.leveldb
• chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0.indexeddb-backup.blob
  

This is to allow the restored versions of the data folders obtained from your backups to be copied into the same parent folder (IndexedDB) without overwriting the current ones, which we want to keep around just in case.

3. Copy in the restored versions of the folders and all of their contents

Now, if you have a backup solution enabled for your computer (either through the OS like Windows Backup or Time Machine for Mac, or a third-party backup solution like Acronis, Backblaze, or IDrive), then you can use that to get a historic copy of the two data folders. This is what is meant by "restored versions of the folders". You'll want to restore both data folders in their entirety into the IndexedDB folder. The details of how to restore them from a particular point in time depend on the specific backup product.

So you'll be copying the restored versions of folders:

• chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• chrome-extension_edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko_0.indexeddb.blob
  

into the folder:

C:/Users/Joe/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/IndexedDB

After that's done, restart the browser and SB to verify your data has been restored.

Let me know if that helps and feel free to ask if you have any additional questions.

Cheers,

Hans

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