Note: If you are using Daylite 3.2.2 or lower versions, read this Knowledge Base article to learn how to restore a database from its backup. For Daylite versions 3.2.3 3.5 & 3.6 read the following article.

Instructions to restore a Daylite database from a backup

1. Logout of your Daylite database.
2. Choose File > Database > Restore Backup.
The Authenticate window opens.
3. Enter your Mac OS X admin password. Click OK.
The Finder window opens.
4. Select the backup you want to restore. By default all backups are located in HD > Library > OpenBase > Backup. (If you copied/moved a backup of your database from another computer, use the browser window to locate it)
5. Click Restore.
If Daylite detects a database with the same name, it will open an alert advising you that "The database 'database' name already exists. It will be stopped and renamed before restoring."
6. Click Cancel if you don't want to stop and rename the database before restoring. Otherwise, click Rename to continue with the process.
The Authenticate window opens.
7. Enter your Mac OS X admin password. Click OK.
Daylite renames the existing database to a database having the same name with date and time appended. The database is moved into the databases folder and the permissions are set to be owned by 'openbase.' When the database starts, the login panel appears with the database name and host filled out. If a username/password exists for this database in the Connections list, Daylite will automatically try to connect. Otherwise, it will stop and wait for the user to input the correct username and password.


Note: You can restore databases with file extensions ".db", ".tgz", and ".zip". For .tgz and .zip, Daylite uncompresses the backups to /tmp, and then moves the uncompressed database from /tmp to the databases folder.

If you select a .db to restore, it will simply move that .db into the databases path, it will not copy it. For compressed backups, this is not a problem. The compressed archive will exist in the original place at the end of the restore process.

Watch this movie for detailed information about restoring databases.