Hi, how do I restore an older version of a local site? Thank you

Hi Raine, Local does not have automatic backups at this time. Your best bet is to use a previous backup that you have or to use Time Machine on macOS if you have it set up. If you do have a previous backup, you can drag and drop it onto Local’s main window to import the backup as a new site. P.S.…

How do i access the site via FTP then? I’m confused the theme was broken and apparently now there is the only way to restore it

The site is on your local file system so there isn’t an FTP server in Local. To see the files for a site simply click on the little circle arrow by the site path. It looks like this: [15 AM] After clicking that button, you should see a folder containing an app folder. Go into that, then public, a…

YES!!! Broken Theme deleted and restored through the dashboard again. thank you so much for your help!!!

Rock on, glad to hear! Please let us know if we can help with anything else.

Yeah please can you help - I am very much newb to most of this, I made several sites locally for launching in New Year, then resigned myself to upgrade to windows 10 pro. Then had to reinstall local by flywheel and VM. Thing is I have nearly 10-15 sites I now can’t import (as I used the 3 in 1 for …

As I understand it, the import process requires a zipped site file with a copy of the database. This can be achieved in two ways: Exporting the old site from the previous installation of Local, which I’m guessing you no longer have access to. Zipping up a copy of the site with a copy of the databa…

Just a clarification on my previous post: In MacOS and Local Beta 5.1.1, it’s easy to import an existing site. All you need to do is to compress the folder of the site you want to import and then use Local’s import function. For example, suppose that your workstation has failed unexpectedly and al…

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