Restore Archive

teeterbug · Beitrag von **teeterbug** » Fr 9. Sep 2022, 04:28

I seem to be missing a ton of archived text messages. I want to restore a previous file, but I don't want to lose what is currently in the computer archive because there are more recent texts. When there is a restore, does it over ride all of the current information?

Beitrag von **icke1954** » Fr 9. Sep 2022, 09:43

You can import the data from the backup file (*.mpb) into your archive:
Archive list context menu (right mousekey)=> Import...

teeterbug · Beitrag von **teeterbug** » Fr 9. Sep 2022, 23:51

icke1954 hat geschrieben:You can import the data from the backup file (*.mpb) into your archive:
Archive list context menu (right mousekey)=> Import...

Thank you for that information, however, it does not quite answer my question. So, I used to have text messages from about 5 years ago. I noticed yesterday, I can only see from 2 years ago in my computer archives.

I have a full back up that has all of them and wanted to know if I use the restore backup, does it add to what is already showing in my profile or does it overwrite it?

Beitrag von **icke1954** » Sa 10. Sep 2022, 05:20

My answer was correct, you can import the old archive messages back, so I was sure that nothing would be deleted
But I've tested it now (you could have done it yourself, by the way

):
The old entries are also retained when the SMS archive is restored!
Nevertheless, please create a backup first!

teeterbug · Beitrag von **teeterbug** » Sa 10. Sep 2022, 05:35

Thanks. I ended up moving everything back to my phone. I didn't want to test and then find out that my current archived messages were over ridden by what I imported. I cannot create a backup of my computer (archived) items. Someone from FJ Software emails me and we start to figure out why but then we never finish.