Thanks for passing this along. It sounds like the best way to back it up, or, at least the simplest way, is just to backup and then restore the device, if restoration is necessary.
Shannon > On Jun 28, 2015, at 11:22 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > > Below is a response from Winston Chen when I asked about how to back up > voice Dream files independently using iTunes. I could not find the answer > Winston referenced about backing up with iTunes under the Support section of > the voice Dream website. However, when I followed what was under the FAQs on > the website, I didn't have any more success than I did when I originally > posted. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: Winston Chen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 8:08 AM > To: Alan Lemly > Subject: Re: backing up and restoring books in Voice Dream Reader > > Hi, > > My Internet connection is awful right now - I'm traveling. Reduced to just > email. > > I recall having put an answer to this question under the support section on > my web site, http://www.voice dream.com. > > The gist is, you can use iTunes, Apps, File Sharing section to move the > Voice Dream Library folder to your desktop. iTunes can't put an entire > folder back, and for that I suggest a desktop application called iExplore > which gives you full access to the folder structure on a iPhone. > > Best, > > Winston. > > > >> On Jun 23, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Winston, >> >> We've had several posts to the viphone list seeking information on whether >> voice Dream Reader content can be backed up independently with itunes. You >> can see the penultimate post at the bottom of this email history where I >> summarized my results trying to back up and restore Voice Dream content > with >> iTunes. >> >> I tried backing up the Voice Dream Library folder using the appropriate >> steps with iTunes but when I tried browsing the folder where I told iTunes >> to save it, I couldn't find any Voice Dream content. I also tried adding >> files to my iPhone 6 using the file sharing section of iTunes but couldn't >> locate anything that I saved in the previous step. >> >> I know Voice Dream content will be restored with a full iTunes restore but >> folks are looking for a way just to back up the Voice Dream content to >> either their computers or a cloud folder and we need your assistance in > how >> this might be done. >> >> Thanks so much for a great app and for any help you can provide. >> >> Alan Lemly >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Gmail >> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 2:51 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: backing up and restoring books in Voice Dream Reader >> >> Alan, I have had the exact same thing happened to me. I even tried > selecting >> both the folder and the file at once and backing up, like it says to do on >> the website for Voice Dream Reader, and in that instance, only the Inbox >> folder was backed up. I honestly don't know what to do now. This is really >> frustrating. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >>> On Jun 21, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Shannon, >>> >>> I'll tell you what my experience was just now trying to use iTunes to > save >>> the Voice Dream Library to my computer. When I went under Apps in itunes >> and >>> placed focus on Voice Dream in the file sharing section, two folders are >>> presented as being on my iPhone within Voice Dream for which I can access >>> the Save To button in iTunes to save them to my computer, an Inbox and > the >>> Voice Dream Library. I saved the Voice Dream Library folder which shows > as >>> being 795MB in size so that would seem to be the correct one. However, >> after >>> saving it and perusing the folder where I placed it, I could not find >>> anything that looked like a book file or folder from Voice Dream with >>> Windows Explorer. When I tried reversing the process in order to add a >> file >>> from my computer to Voice Dream using file sharing in iTunes, I also > could >>> not find anything that looked like a Voice Dream book. >>> >>> So, the long and short of the above is that I don't know how you can >>> independently back up your Voice Dream content to your computer. I will >> say >>> that I had to do a full restore of my iPhone 6 from an iTunes encrypted >>> backup do to a problem with the Fleksy Keyboard app upgrade and all my >> Voice >>> Dream books were in the app after the restore. So an iTunes encrypted >> backup >>> does back up that content but restoring it is an all or nothing endeavor. >>> >>> If someone knows how to backup and restore just Voice Dream content to >> their >>> computer, I'd love to hear how. >>> >>> Alan Lemly >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf >>> Of Shannon Dyer >>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 12:58 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: backing up and restoring books in Voice Dream Reader >>> >>> Greetings, all. >>> >>> I'm wondering if someone can give me instructions on exactly how to back >> up >>> and restore data from the Voice Dream Reader app. There has been some > talk >>> of a database file that may or may not be necessary, and I don't want to >>> back it up incorrectly, causing me to lose a pretty large number of books >>> once I delete the app. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry if this is something super obvious that >> I'm >>> simply failing to understand. >>> >>> Shannon >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >> list. >>> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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