Backups
Ora DJ backs up your playlists, cues, tags, ratings, and analysis every day, and restores them in one click if anything goes wrong.
Your library is more than your music files: it's the cues, the grids, the tags, the ratings, and every hour of analysis behind them. Ora DJ backs all of that up on its own, and can put it back.
Backups don't include your audio files, so they stay small.
What runs automatically
Open Settings, then Library, and find Backup.
- Daily backups (excl. waveforms) are on by default. Ora DJ keeps one a day, and holds on to the last seven. Waveforms are left out because they're bulky and Ora DJ can rebuild them.
- Full backups (incl. waveforms) are off by default. This keeps one complete backup from the last day. It's bigger, but it restores with nothing left to rebuild. The setting shows you roughly how much disk it will use before you turn it on.
A backup is taken at most once a day per type. Ora DJ checks on launch and every few hours while it's open, and it waits if analysis is running or a deck is playing, so a backup never interrupts your set. It catches up afterwards.
Ora DJ also takes a snapshot before an app update changes the library's format, whatever your settings say.
The status line shows when the last backup ran. Reveal in Finder shows you where they live.
Backing up right now
Press Back up now to take one on the spot, whatever the schedule says.
Pick what to include. Both are ticked to start, and each shows an estimated size:
- Backup incl. waveforms is larger and restores instantly.
- Backup excl. waveforms is smaller. Waveforms rebuild themselves after a restore.
It runs in the background, so the app stays usable while it works.
Restoring
Press Restore from backup... and pick one from the list, newest first. Each one shows when it was made, whether it's a full or daily backup, and how big it is. The most recent one you can restore is marked Recommended.
Ora DJ tells you what you're about to replace, then puts your current library aside before it does anything, so a restore can be undone. The app closes and reopens by itself to finish.
A backup made by a newer version of Ora DJ can't be restored into an older one. It's listed but grayed out, and the reason is shown next to it. Update Ora DJ and it becomes available.
If Ora DJ can't open your library
If something is badly wrong, Ora DJ starts on a recovery screen instead of the app and offers the same list of backups. Your music files are never at risk here: the problem is Ora DJ's own database, not your audio.
If you'd rather not restore, you can start with a fresh, empty library. The unreadable one is saved aside rather than deleted, and your music files aren't touched.
Related
Prepare compatible copies
Make club-ready copies of a playlist or selection for a CDJ or XDJ. Ora DJ converts only the files that need it, keeps your cues and grids, and never touches the originals.
Set Planning
Lay out a playlist in Ora DJ as a list, a grid of cover art, or a freeform canvas, and audition tracks as you plan.