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