Re ‘Can I Create BATs Backup . . .’
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Re the important Brave Browser folder to back up, the following are two official Brave sources, one being ‘bat-chriscat’ (presume-ably @chriscat) and then an excerpt (info collected by @Saoiray) from a recent, June 2022 YouTube video (a ‘Weekly Call with Luke Mulks and others from Brave’):
Both sources say, to back up the Brave-Browser folder.
Paths I usually state in a Reply-Post. . .
Linux OS:
$HOME/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/
Mac OS:
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/
Windows OS:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\
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I much prefer to recommend backup of the parent: BraveSoftware folder. For technical reasons, saving the parent folder tends to also save other items, let us say, about the sub-folder, in this case, the Brave-Browser folder.
Saving the parent folder, tends strongly to keep the Brave-Browser folder intact. And I would want that, especially in Windows OS situations.
Better chances when restoring, to drag-copy the Brave-Browser folder (or contents of interest therein) . . . that was/were saved within the backed-up BraveSoftware folder.
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The security credentials of a previous OS installation, used for encrypting and decrypting the passwords of the username-and-password combinations stored by the Brave Browser > Password Manager, are NOT in the Paths mentioned.
Therefore, in order to preserve the passwords, some backup method needs to be employed, and that might be one or more of:
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Brave Sync (PROBLEMATIC/UNCERTAIN)
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Export passwords to .CSV file
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Third-party password manager such as 1Password, BitWarden, KeePASS, LastPASS (examples)
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GoodSync backup software (example)
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IF a Brave Browser user is willing to hack and struggle, in order to TRY to recover passwords, then read the following steps plus additional replies, at:
_ ‘Brave Wont show My Passwords, and Logged me out of all websites - #4 by CerealLover’
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Backup Software and Tips
Include date and time in the backup filename. For example:
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20220629-1627_BraveSoftware_fldr_bkup.zip
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BraveSoftware_fldr_bkup_20220629-1627.zip
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Windows OS users:
Create a new System Restore Point every day or week, depending upon the importance of recent work.
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