How to Restore a Backup from the BAK folder

First, please select your operating system from the menu below:

• Windows
• Mac

Windows

To restore a backup file from the BAK folder on a Windows PC, please follow these steps:

1. Run Home Accountz.
2. Select File>Restore a Backup.

3. Select ‘Specify a Backup file’, then click ‘Next’.

4. Click ‘Browse’.

5. The ‘Set Filename’ file browser box will appear, prompting you to locate the backup file you wish to restore.

6. Click the drop down ‘Look In’ menu arrow to search for the file’s location, and select ‘Local Disk (C:)’.

7. In the next window, click the right arrow to drag the bar across (7a, below), and double click to select ‘Program Files’ (7b). N.B. You may find you can see ‘Program Files’ and ‘Program Files (x86)’ in this screen. For now we will select the former.

8. In the following window click the right arrow to drag the bar across (8a, below), and double click to select ‘Home Accountz v3’ (8b).
   N.B. If ‘Home Accountz V3’ is not visible in this window, click the ‘Up One Level’ icon (8c) to return to the previous step, select ‘Program Files (x86) and then ’Home Accountz v3’.

9. Double click ‘BAK’ to open this folder.

10. Drag the bottom right corner of the window down and to the right using the mouse to expand it (10a, below), then click the ‘Details’ icon (10b) to show more information about the files in this folder.

11. Click on the ‘Date Modified’ column header to sort the files into date order (11a, below), select your most recent backup (11b), then click ‘Set Filename’ (11c) to proceed.

12. This will return you to the ‘Specify backup file location’ screen. Click ‘Next’ to continue.

13. In the following ‘Restore to location’ screen, you can set where you want the software to save the local version of the backup being restored. Most users can leave the default setting as already selected, and click ‘Next’ to continue.

14. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the backup file restoration process.

Mac

To restore a backup file from the BAK folder on a Mac, please follow these steps:

1. Run Home Accountz.
2. Select File>Restore a Backup.

3. Select ‘Specify a Backup file’, then click ‘Next’.

4. Click ‘Browse’.

5. The ‘Set Filename’ file browser box will appear, prompting you to locate the backup file you wish to restore. By default, you should see your username in the ‘Look In’ field.

6. Click the drop down ‘Look In’ menu arrow to search for the file’s location, and select ‘/’.

7. In the next window, double click ‘Applications’ to select it .

8. In the following window double click to select ‘Home Accountz v3’.

9. Double click ‘BAK’ to open this folder.

10. Click the ‘Details’ icon to show more information about the files in this folder.

11. Click on the ‘Modified’ column header to sort the files into date order (11a, below), select your most recent backup (11b), then click ‘Set Filename’ (11c) to proceed.

12. This will return you to the ‘Specify backup file location’ screen. Click ‘Next’ to continue.

13. In the following ‘Restore to location’ screen, you can set where you want the software to save the local version of the backup being restored. Most users can leave the default setting as already selected, and click ‘Next’ to continue.

14. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the backup file restoration process.