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Backup

Supervertaler protects your work with two independent backup mechanisms, both on the Settings → 💾 Backup tab. Use the ? button on that tab (or press F1) to return to this page.

Auto Backup (time-based)

Automatically saves the current project at a regular interval to guard against crashes and forgotten saves.

  • Enable automatic backups – turn the timer on or off.
  • Backup interval – how often to save, in minutes (default 5, range 1–60).

Each run saves the project file and exports a <project>_backup.tmx alongside it. This overwrites the working files in place — it keeps the latest state current, but it is not a history you can step back through. For that, use timestamped backups below.

Timestamped project backups (every N saves)

Keeps immutable, dated snapshots of the project file (.svproj) so you can roll back to an earlier state — like a lightweight version history.

  • Keep timestamped project backups – enable or disable the feature.
  • Back up every N saves – how often a snapshot is taken, counted in save operations (default 1 = every save). Both manual saves (Ctrl+S) and the timed auto-backup above count toward N.
  • Keep the last K backups – how many snapshots to retain per project (default 100). Older ones are pruned automatically.

Snapshots are written to a dedicated folder under your user-data location:

<user data>\workbench\backups\<project name>\<project name>_YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.svproj

Use the Open folder… button on the Backup tab to jump straight there.

Restoring a backup

  1. Click Open folder… on the Backup tab (or browse to the path above).
  2. Find the snapshot with the timestamp you want (filenames sort chronologically).
  3. Copy it somewhere safe and rename it (e.g. drop the timestamp), then open it from Project → Open, or replace your current .svproj with it while Supervertaler is closed.