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# Trying Recordly 2.0 beta safely
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Before installing the beta, quit Recordly and back up your projects, their original media, and your Recordly settings. Keep the v1.4 installer if you may need to return to it.
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A `.recordly` project references media files on disk; it does not contain them. Include the screen recording, webcam recording, imported audio, and any accompanying audio, cursor, or session files in your backup. Preserve their folder locations, or retain a backup that can be restored to those locations. Include a custom recordings folder if you chose one.
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The default settings folder is:
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- macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Recordly/`
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- Windows: `%APPDATA%\Recordly\`
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- Linux: `~/.config/Recordly/` (or `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Recordly/` if configured)
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Recordings normally use a `recordings` subfolder there. For Windows Store installations, recordings and projects instead default to your `Videos\Recordly\` folder; settings remain in `%APPDATA%\Recordly\`. Back up both folders.
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Copy the whole settings folder while Recordly is closed. Keep that backup outside the folder the beta will use. Also back up projects and media stored elsewhere.
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## Open a v1.4 project in the beta
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1. Open the existing project and check its clip timing, audio, webcam, captions, and effects.
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2. Before making edits, choose **File → Save Project As…** (⌘⇧S on macOS; Ctrl+Shift+S on Windows/Linux) and save the beta copy under a new name, separate from the original v1.4 project. Keep the original unchanged.
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3. Edit and export the beta copy. Check the exported video before relying on it for important work.
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The beta changes how clip timing is stored. Both versions can label a project as schema version 2; that number does not mean a beta-saved project is safe to reopen in v1.4. In particular, v1.4 ignores the beta's `sourceStartMs` field, which can make a clip use a different part of the source recording. Keep using the beta for beta-saved copies.
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## Return to v1.4
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1. Quit the beta and keep a separate copy of any beta projects or recordings you want to retain.
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2. Reinstall your trusted v1.4 installer.
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3. Restore the settings backup while Recordly is closed, then open the original v1.4 project with its original media.
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Do not overwrite your original project with a beta-saved copy or expect v1.4 to preserve beta edits. An automatic downgrade or a settings backup alone does not convert beta projects back to v1.4.
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