Since the information stored in a password database is usually both sensitive and important, Password Safe
provides several mechanisms for backing up and restoring password
databases. This section describes how to manually make backups of your
password database. Password Safe can also be configured to make automatic backups of your database whenever the database is saved. Such backups are called intermediate backups, and are described here.
Make a Backup
Safely create a copy of the current password database.
Click Make Backup
Select a location for the backup file
Click Save
Note: It is strongly recommended
that you make frequent backups of your password databases. This will
help safeguard password lists against system crashes or corrupted
files. The backup is encrypted using the same master password as the
current database being backed up.
Restore from Backup
Restore a backed up password database file.
Click Restore from Backup
Navigate to the backup location and select the file to restore
Click Open A password prompt will be displayed.
Enter the database password and click OK
Notes:
The restored database is not "saved" with the standard Password Safe database extension (.psafe3) until you have selected Save or Save As
from the file menu. You will be prompted to "Save" the database and
give it a name if you have not saved it prior to exiting the
application.
In addition to the backup and restore described here,
Password Safe automatically keeps a copy of the database before you
save a change. The copy is in the same directory as the current
database, and the name is identical, except for the extension, which is ".ibak" instead of ".psafe3". See here for more information about the automatic backups.