Backup and Restore Flash and Never Have to Restart your App Development from Scratch Again

Last Modified:	December 1, 2010
Software Affected:	Adobe Flash CS5 11.0.0
OS:	Mac OS X 10.5
Description:	This article shows you where to find your Flash project files and settings and how to backup and restore these items.

Backup:

1. Quit Flash
2. Locate your *.fla project files found by default here:
   ~/Documents
3. Copy these files to your backup media
4. Note: There is no need to backup your project media (e.g. audio, video, etc). They are all contained in your *.fla files
5. Locate the 'Flash CS5' folder found here:
   ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe
6. Copy this folder to your backup media
7. Locate the com.adobe.flash.plist file found here:
   ~/Library/Preferences
8. Copy this file to your backup media
9. You have now successfully backed up Flash

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Restore:

1. Quit Flash
2. Recover the *.fla project files that you backed up
3. Copy them into their default location found here:
   ~/Documents
4. Recover the 'Flash CS5' folder that you backed up
5. Copy it into here:
   ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe
6. Recover the com.adobe.flash.plist file that you backed up
7. Copy it into here:
   ~/Library/Preferences
8. Enter the username and password for an administrator on your computer and click continue
9. Launch Flash located here:
   /Applications/Adobe Flash CS5/
10. You have successfully restored Flash

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