Selectively back up important data such as collections, saves, themes, configurations, and other user created content. Backups are stored as compressed archives on your chosen target device.
This helps protect your progress, customisations, and other user data across updates. You are also able to install these backups across to other compatible devices.
Includes your game activity tracker, which stores playtime and session data for each title.
Applications
Backs up all user installed standalone applications, ensuring custom tools and ports are preserved.
Background Music
Backs up your current background music set for the frontend, including any user added tracks.
Content Collection
Saves all created content collections, preserving your organised library layout.
Content Launch Overrides
Includes any custom launch override scripts you have created for specific content or systems.
Custom Packages
Archives all saved custom packages such as Catalogue Sets or RetroArch Configuration packages
Friendly Name Configs
Saves your friendly name mappings, ensuring renamed or cleaned up titles remain consistent after restoration.
History
Backs up your play history and recently launched content entries.
Metadata Catalogue
Includes artwork, grid icons, and splash screens, and other metadata stored within the catalogue.
Network Profiles
All currently saved Wi-Fi network profiles, including SSIDs and connection preferences.
RetroArch Cheats
Preserves all RetroArch cheat files, ensuring your custom tweaks and gameplay modifiers remain available.
RetroArch Configs
Backs up your RetroArch configuration files and settings, maintaining controller, display, and core options.
RetroArch Overlays
Includes your visual overlay configurations and related assets for RetroArch.
RetroArch Shaders
Preserves your installed shader filters and visual effect presets.
Save Games + Save States
Stores all game saves and save states from RetroArch and other supported emulators.
Screenshots
Backs up all captured screenshots.
Syncthing Configs
Saves the configuration files used by Syncthing for synchronisation between devices.
System BIOS
Includes BIOS files required by some emulators to function correctly. Please Note: these are user supplied should not be distributed.
Themes
Backs up all installed themes and associated assets used by the frontend.
User Init Scripts
Saves any custom user initialisation scripts placed in the MUOS/init folder for execution at startup.
Backup Target
Selects the destination device for storing your backup archive be it SD1, SD2, or attached USB storage.
Merge Backups
Combines multiple existing backups from different targets into a single unified archive for easier extraction.
Start Backup
Initiates the backup process using the selected items and target. A progress indication will appear during operation, and the archive will be saved to your chosen device target with the BACKUP folder.
