Saving a Groove account as a backup copy

To guard against losing your account and access to your workspaces in case of disk failure or other computer problems, you can save your Groove account so it can be restored later.

Note: If you've selected the option to use your account on multiple computers in your preferences, a backup copy of your account is automatically uploaded to groove.net once every 45 days. However, to be sure that you have a current backup copy, it's best to create local backups as described in this topic.

You can also use a saved account file to log into your account on another computer. Note that your account must be secured with a log-in password if you want to use it for this purpose.

When you save your Groove account, information about your preferences, settings, contacts, and workspaces is stored in a file. You can place this file in a location where you can reliably retrieve it later, such as a network file server.

Saving your account does NOT also back up your workspace data. You'll need to download the data in your workspaces later—either from another computer on which you have the same account, or from other members of your workspaces. You cannot download data for a workspace if you're its only member and if you do not have the workspace on another computer that has your account on it.

To save your Groove account as a backup copy:

Select Options - Preferences and select the Account tab.
Click Save Account as File...
Navigate to the location where you'd like to save the account file.
Click Save.