Hi
How can I back up my entire Speech Central library? I have a large book library and want to make sure I will not lose any of the content.
Thanks for any advice.
1) iOS backup, it is performed by default on every device if you have the iCloud space. As such you can restore your device to the previous state if something goes wrong. This method works but may have its limits - you need to restore everything to the previous state not just Speech Central, and the number of previous states to choose from may be limited (usually last few days I think). You can also make backups of this type and store them on the Mac using the Finder.
2) CloudKit sync - this is also turned on by default. If you just uninstall the app it will restore the current state from the iCloud. The only advantage of 1 is that you will have all your items immediately after performing restore while the restoring of large base may be the process that isn't that straightforward (like that there is no indication on how many items are left just that thy sync is ongoing).
3) .docx export - you can select all files and export them to .docx and import them back. This may lead to some data loss, but all your bookmarks and comments will be preserved. I have an idea to make folder structure preserved in some future updates. Also this way you can import it to some other app too as this is a standard ISO format that is widely supported.
EDIT: one thing to add is that under 2 original files are not preserved by default - which in most cases is a more reasonable approach, but their sync can be enabled too from the Settings.
I forgot to mention that on the Mac it is as easy as copying the app's data folder and copying it back. I think that on the Mac.
1. Open the Finder app
2. From the ‘Go’ menu pick ‘Library’
3. Open the folder ‘Containers’. There you should find the folder ‘com.labsii.speechcentralmac’. It should be available in the search under this name and macOS may display it with any name used in the localization like ‘Speech Central’ and frequently it prefers to use the Chinese variant of the name.
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Ways to backup
In general there are 3 ways to backup:
1) iOS backup, it is performed by default on every device if you have the iCloud space. As such you can restore your device to the previous state if something goes wrong. This method works but may have its limits - you need to restore everything to the previous state not just Speech Central, and the number of previous states to choose from may be limited (usually last few days I think). You can also make backups of this type and store them on the Mac using the Finder.
2) CloudKit sync - this is also turned on by default. If you just uninstall the app it will restore the current state from the iCloud. The only advantage of 1 is that you will have all your items immediately after performing restore while the restoring of large base may be the process that isn't that straightforward (like that there is no indication on how many items are left just that thy sync is ongoing).
3) .docx export - you can select all files and export them to .docx and import them back. This may lead to some data loss, but all your bookmarks and comments will be preserved. I have an idea to make folder structure preserved in some future updates. Also this way you can import it to some other app too as this is a standard ISO format that is widely supported.
EDIT: one thing to add is that under 2 original files are not preserved by default - which in most cases is a more reasonable approach, but their sync can be enabled too from the Settings.
One more option
I forgot to mention that on the Mac it is as easy as copying the app's data folder and copying it back. I think that on the Mac.
1. Open the Finder app
2. From the ‘Go’ menu pick ‘Library’
3. Open the folder ‘Containers’. There you should find the folder ‘com.labsii.speechcentralmac’. It should be available in the search under this name and macOS may display it with any name used in the localization like ‘Speech Central’ and frequently it prefers to use the Chinese variant of the name.