ChapterMuse Guide

Backup & Storage

Everything about the data on your device — exporting a backup, restoring one, and starting fresh.

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Because your work lives on your machine, you're in control of it — which also means it's worth backing up. From Settings you can export your entire library to a single file, bring it back whenever you need to, see exactly where your data is stored, and, if you ever need to, wipe everything and start clean.

✦Quick start
  1. 1Open Settings from your avatar menu and go to Storage & data.
  2. 2Click Export .muse to save your whole library to a single backup file.
  3. 3To restore, click Import .muse and choose a backup — you'll see a summary before confirming, and a safety copy of your current data is saved automatically first.
  4. 4Keep the occasional backup somewhere safe, especially before big changes.

In Settings → Storage & data

  • Export .muse — save your whole library, including chapter snapshots, revision passes, writing targets, sessions, and the progress ledger, to one portable backup file
  • If a referenced image, file, or audio asset cannot be read, the backup stops and reports the problem instead of saving an incomplete portable copy. A restore requiring that safety copy stops too
  • Import .muse — restore a backup, with a summary of what's inside before you commit; your current data is saved as a safety copy first, so a wrong file is never the end of the story
  • Size on disk — a breakdown of what's using space, with chapter snapshots, revision passes, and the writing ledger reported separately
  • Clear History removes ordinary snapshots only; protected revision checkpoints remain attached to their revision records
  • Storage tools also include a sweep to clear unused images and per-episode podcast audio formats
  • Podcast audio is compressed locally to the most portable format the device can both create and play — AAC/MP4 first, then Opus/WebM — and the original WAV is only replaced when the completed result is smaller; unsupported devices keep WAV safely and transferred episodes report an honest playback warning instead of failing silently
  • Wipe all data — clear everything on the device to start fresh (this can't be undone)

More in Settings

  • Account — your profile, current tier, a live days-remaining badge during the free trial or a flat sage Light, slate-blue Writer, or orange Studio badge, adding or changing a .musekey licence file, and Sign out
  • Appearance — the interface palette and page colour, applied across the whole app
  • Read aloud — install the on-device voice, preview every voice, and choose the one narration uses
  • About — the app version and a couple of handy links
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A .muse backup is a single, portable file that's entirely yours. Export it, keep it somewhere safe, and import it whenever you want your whole library back — by hand, with no accounts or connection involved. If you'd rather it happened without you remembering, Cloud Backup does the same job on a schedule.