Looking after PraiseAV

Backups and moving to a new computer

Backing up

1. Click Open (in the Service column), then Backup and moving….
2. Tick Include media if you want your pictures, videos and music in it too. It shows how big they are.
3. Click Back up now… and choose where. A USB stick or OneDrive is best: somewhere that isn’t this computer.

The backup is one file (.praiseav-backup) with all your songs, settings (themes, alert groups, logo…), CCLI song usage and saved services.

Automatic backups

Once a week, PraiseAV backs up your songs, settings and services by itself (not media) to Documents › PraiseAV Backups. It keeps the last 8. The Backup window says when the last one was.

Moving to a new computer

1. On the old computer, back up with media.
2. Install PraiseAV on the new computer.
3. Click Open, Backup and moving…, then Choose a backup….
4. It says what’s in it: which computer, when, how many songs and services. Click Bring it in.

Bringing in a backup is safe

Nothing on this computer is deleted. Songs you already have are skipped, and files already here are kept. So you can bring in a backup from another computer to add its songs without losing your own.

The church’s settings (themes, logo…) are taken from the backup.

Where PraiseAV keeps things