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You can export your entries in different formats in the latest version of Mirror

• ZIP

1. This is the best format to export the journal entries as it includes the journal entries, pictures and voice notes.
2. Go to "Settings", click on "Export"
3. Click on "Export to ZIP"
4. You will see a message "Successfully generated the export file for [X] entries"
5. Click on "Download" button
6. A folder chooser will open and select a folder in your device to save the ZIP file and click "Use this folder"
7. Device will ask if Mirror app can access this folder. Click "Allow"
8. The ZIP file will get saved in the selected folder
9. Later you can copy the ZIP file to any other device, extract it and you will see an HTML file and a few folders
10. You can open the HTML file to view your journal entries. It also will contain links to your pictures and voice notes

• HTML

1. This is the format to export the journal entries if you only want the journal entries and not the associated pictures and voice notes.
2. Go to "Settings", click on "Export"
3. Click on "Export to HTML"
4. You will see a message "Successfully generated the export file for [X] entries"
5. Click on "Download" button
6. A folder chooser will open and select a folder in your device to save the HTML file and click "Use this folder"
7. Device will ask if Mirror app can access this folder. Click "Allow"
8. The HTML file will get saved in the selected folder
9. Later you can copy the HTML file to any other device and open it to view your journal entries. Please note that the links to your pictures and voice notes are NOT accessible since we have not exported the media files with the HTML file.
10. If you want the linked media files as well, please use the "Export to ZIP" option

• CSV

1. This is the format to export the journal entries if you only want the journal entries and not the associated pictures and voice notes.
2. Go to "Settings", click on "Export"
3. Click on "Export to CSV"
4. You will see a message "Successfully generated the export file for [X] entries"
5. Click on "Download" button
6. A folder chooser will open and select a folder in your device to save the CSV file and click "Use this folder"
7. Device will ask if Mirror app can access this folder. Click "Allow"
8. The CSV file will get saved in the selected folder
9. Later you can copy the CSV file to any other device and open it to view your journal entries. Please note that the pictures and voice notes associated with your entries are NOT exported with the CSV file.
10. If you want the linked media files as well, please use the "Export to ZIP" option

Because of the recent restrictions imposed by Google on file access in SD card/storage, Mirror no longer saves the media files in the sd card/internal storage folder. Now there are specific folders where the app always have access and to support new Android versions, Mirror app have moved the media files to the location where it will always have access to these files.

Because of the above change, ONLY if you are updating from an older version (1.2.0) of mirror, you might have to help Mirror app explicitly link the media files ONCE after the upgrade. Post the linking everything will work as usual.

This is required because in the older version of Mirror, the backup did not include the media file unlike the current version. The newer android versions provides only restricted access to internal storage to apps and requires explicit user permission to access them.

So the Mirror app will need explicit access (granted by the user) to access the "Mirror" folder (which was used by the older 1.2.0 version of Mirror) to copy all the media files to the new location.

Please follow the below steps to fix the media links post upgrade from 1.2.0 to any version greater than or equal to 2.0.0

1. Open Mirror app, click the hamburger menu and got to "Settings"
2. In the "Settings", click "Advanced" and click "Fix media links"
3. Mirror app will show how many media files are having invalid links
4. Click on "Select" button to select the Mirror folder (which was used by the older 1.2.0 version of Mirror)
5. Mirror folder is usually located in the root of SD Card or internal storage with name "Mirror". This is where all the media files are located
6. Now, the Mirror app will need explicit permission from you to read this folder and copy all the media files to the new accessible location used by the current version of Mirror app
7. Mirror app will ask permission to access the "Mirror" folder. Click on "Allow"
8. If the app finds unlinked files to be copied, it will display "[X] media files matched"
9. Click "Fix It" to fix the media links. The Mirror app will then copy your media files to the required location
10. After this, you should be able to see your pictures and voice notes without any issues in your journal entries

1. Open Mirror app, click the hamburger menu and got to "Settings"
2. In the "Settings", click "Backup & Restore" and click "Backup"
3. Mirror app will show information that the local backup has been completed successfully
4. Optionally, if you want to download the backup file and save it in your device SD card or internal storage for later use (usually when changing to a new device), click on "Export Backup File"
5. A folder chooser will open and you have to choose a folder where the backup file should be saved
6. Now, the Mirror app will need explicit permission from you to write the backup file to this folder
7. Mirror app will ask permission to access the selected folder. Click on "Allow"
8. The backup file (with extension DBBK) will be saved in the folder
9. You can use this file to restore your journal entries and media files in the same device or on a different device

1. Open Mirror app, click the hamburger menu and got to "Settings"
2. In the "Settings", click "Backup & Restore" and click "Restore"
3. Mirror app will show information about the local backup (if present)
4. Click on "Local Backup" button to restore the entries from the local backup.
5. If you want to restore from the backup file which you have stored elsewhere on the device,click on "Select from Device.." button and browse to the folder where the backup file is and select it
6. Now, the Mirror app will need explicit permission from you to read this folder to read the backup file to try restoring the entries
7. Mirror app will ask permission to access the selected folder. Click on "Allow"
8. If the backup file is valid and the user confirms, the journal entries will be restored from that file
9. Click "Close" to navigate back to home and see the restored entries

Yes. Mirror supports restore from an older restore file (DBBK), if your Mirror folder has it in the Backup folder. You will be able to restore the journal entries. The restoring of media files associated to these entries will require bit of manual intervention because of the recent changes made by Google on handling SD card files.

1. First, make sure that the Mirror folder is available in the device where you have installed the new version of mirror.
2. Now, follow the steps mentioned in the FAQ question: "How to restore Journal entries from a backup?". This will make sure your journal entries are restored
3. To restore the media files, you need to use the "Fix Media Links" feature. The detailed steps are mentioned in the FAQ question: "I had an older version of Mirror (1.2.0) and I upgraded to newer version. After upgrade, my journal entries are missing media files. How to fix it?". This will make sure the media files are restored as well

We use OpenWeatherMaps API to get the weather information for your location. Since we have availed for a free plan, weather information retrieval is subject to Weather API traffic limits. Only a limited number of (free) requests per minute are allowed by the weather API. If too many users have added the journal entry around the same time, it is possible that some of the users might not get the weather information.