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Backup and restore

Back up your vocabulary, study history and settings to a single .realdict file, and restore it later.

What a backup includes

• Vocabulary
• Review history (FSRS)
• Lookup history
• Settings
• Dictionary order

What it leaves out

• Dictionary files
• Your license
• API keys (Azure, DeepL and others)

A backup can’t bring back your dictionaries. If the Mac you restore to doesn’t have them, add the dictionary files again and re-enter any keys you need.

Restoring

When you restore a .realdict file, choose one of two ways.

• Merge: keeps your current data and adds what is in the backup.
• Replace: replaces your current data with the backup. Before replacing, RealDict first saves your current data as a safety backup.

How this differs from sync

Sync keeps your vocabulary in step across Macs; a backup saves the current state as one file. See Sync for the sync options.

Backup files are saved where you choose. See the privacy policy for details.