How to Backup my Current Show

Backup and restore using Enlighten is a quick and simple task. Let's go through the steps.

To backup or restore a show click on the backup icon on the toolbar.

The dialog below will display in the center of the screen.

To Backup press the Backup Current Show Button

The next dialog below will appear in the center of the screen. This dialog allows us to choose which Drive to back up our files to. We can choose to backup to a local hard drive on the computer or back up to some external media like USB drives etc, by selecting the corresponding driver letter and pressing the 'Backup to Selected Folder/Drive button.

The backup process will create a EnlightenBackup Folder on the selected drive and create a sub directory using the current show name. In that show name file all the files needed will be stored and copied. Depending on the drive type, some drives are slower than others, the dialog will state the backup was successful.

To Restore a show from a drive Follow the steps below

To Restore a show click on the backup icon on the toolbar.

The dialog below will display in the center of the screen.

Press the Restore Show Button and the dialog below will display. Navigate to the drive and where the Enlighten Backup folder is located. Double click the EnlightenBackup Folder and select the show name to restore. Once the show name is selected the Restore button will change purple. Press the Restore Button and all the files will be copied to your local drive/machine, and the backed up show will be loaded.