Backups
Trove’s data is plain Markdown and TOML inside your storage root. Every backup tool understands it — pick whichever you already use for the rest of your important files.
A common minimum
Section titled “A common minimum”- Time Machine (or equivalent) for daily local backups.
- iCloud Drive / Dropbox / git for off-machine continuity.
Inside the Trove root you can safely back up everything. The .trash/ folder holds soft-deleted items you can restore from the Trash screen inside Trove — empty it from there if it gets large.
Putting your root in git
Section titled “Putting your root in git”If you want commit-level history of your Manuscripts (different from in-app Drafts), put your Trove root in a git repo. git add your Manuscripts and Codexes. Use .gitignore to skip .trash/ and large media if you want.
What you should not rely on
Section titled “What you should not rely on”- iCloud Drive is not a backup. It is sync. A delete on one machine propagates to all.
- The Polar customer portal does not hold your files. It only validates your License.
There is no Trove-side cloud restore. Your backup strategy is whatever you set up yourself.