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How to share or backup your Show Buddy Setlist data

How to share or backup your Show Buddy Active data

You can copy your Show Buddy Setlist data to other computers (for sharing or backup purposes) using the built-in Backup and Restore features.

A Show Buddy Setlist backup is a .ssb file. It contains all data required to fully restore your programmed shows, including  all your audio files, lightshows and shows.

Backing up the data

  • Open the Show Buddy Setlist app.
  • Select File > Backup shows… from the main menu.
  • Click Yes to proceed.
  • Choose a name and location for your .ssb backup file and click Save.
  • Copy the resulting .ssb file to your backup drive or the other computer.

Restoring from a backup

  • Open the Show Buddy Setlist app.
  • Select File > Restore from backup… from the main menu.
  • Read the warning and click Yes to proceed.
  • Locate your .ssb file and click Open.
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How to share or backup your Show Buddy Active data

How to share or backup your Show Buddy Active data

You can copy your Show Buddy Active data to other computers (for sharing or backup purposes) using the built-in Backup and Restore features.

A Show Buddy Active backup is a .sab file. It contains all data required to fully restore complete shows, including banks & presets, fixture definitions, fixture patching, and all images or video files used by your presets.

Backing up shows

  • Open the Show Buddy Active standalone app.
  • Select File > Backup show data… from the main menu.
  • Enter a text description for the backup file.
  • Click Backup ALL shows… OR highlight the shows you need and click Backup selected…
  • Click Yes to proceed.
  • Choose a name and location for your .sab backup file and click Save.
  • Copy the resulting .sab file to your backup drive or the other computer.

Restoring from a backup

  • Open the Show Buddy Active standalone app.
  • Select File > Restore from backup… from the main menu.
  • Click Yes to proceed.
  • Locate your .sab file and click Open.
  • Confirm that the description is correct. 
  • Click Restore all shows… OR highlight the shows you need and click Restore selected shows…
  • Click Yes to proceed.

You can now load and run the restored shows from Show > Manage shows… on the main menu.

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Backing up and restoring your Show Buddy Setlist data

Backing up and restoring your Show Buddy Setlist data

Show Buddy Setlist stores all your track, lightshow and show information in a single database file. As you create and edit your tracks & shows, Show Buddy Setlist automatically and silently saves your changes to the database – there is no File Open or Save option as is found in document based programs.

Your audio tracks (e.g. wav and mp3 files) are stored separately in the Show Buddy media folder.

You can create full backups of the above data from the File > Backup shows… menu option. This will archive the database and your audio tracks) into a single .sbb file. It’s a good idea to backup your database regularly while you are editing, and before each live gig (so you can always recover to a known point should something go wrong).

To restore from a backup, select the File > Restore from backup… menu option and choose a .ssb backup file (or a .dbb backup file from older releases of Show Buddy Setlist).

Manually backing up and restoring your show data

If you prefer you can manage backups manually, by copying and restoring the required files directly from Windows File Explorer or macOS Finder.

The Show Buddy database file is located here:

  • macOS : /Library/Application Support/db audioware/Show Buddy/ShowBuddy.db
  • Windows : C:/Program Files (x86)/db-audioware/Show Buddy Setlist/ShowBuddy.db

For the location of your audio files, look at File > Preferences > Media files location