# Backup and your data

> Where Dabbit keeps things, how to back them up, and how to move to a new Mac.

Source: https://dabbit.app/docs/backup

## Where it lives

Everything is on your Mac, in plain files:

```text
~/Library/Application Support/app.dabbit/
  palettes/      one JSON file per palette
  tokens/        imported token sets
  history.json   recent picks
  formats.json   custom formats
```

Settings → Library shows the path with a **Show in Finder** button; Help → **Reveal Library in Finder** does the same. Preferences (shortcuts, formats, dock, appearance) are in the app's defaults, as with any Mac app. Time Machine and any file-level backup cover all of it.

## Back up and restore

Settings → Library → **Export…** writes one JSON file with every palette, your recent picks and your custom formats. **Import…** reads one back. Import merges: it adds what's missing and never deletes anything already there, so it's safe to import an old backup over a current library.

![Settings → Library: back up and restore, the library folder on disk, the starter palette, the Figma bridge](https://dabbit.app/_astro/settings-library.zqDiwG2W.png)

## Moving to a new Mac

1. On the old Mac: Settings → Library → **Export…**, and Settings → Account → **Deactivate this Mac…**.
2. On the new one: install Dabbit, **Import…** the file, and activate your key.

Custom formats come across in the backup; shortcuts and other preferences are quick to set again.

## Reset

Settings → General → **Reset Settings…** returns shortcuts, formats, picker, dock and appearance to their defaults. It leaves your palettes, recent picks, custom formats and license alone.

Settings → Library → **Restore** (next to the Kromatika palette) brings back the bundled palette if you've changed or deleted it.