Purpose of chapter: to introduce File+Subscr mainpage, that constitutes a junction for File related functions.
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Overview
This mainpage is a launchpad to its three subpages:
Elements of the File+Subscr mainpage
Tapping the File+Subscr icon in the tab bar opens:
Tap:
- Export to make a Backup file
- Import to restore or initialize from a Backup file
- Subscribe to Buy a subscription (or Restore it if needed)
The (always enabled) navigation bar button opens the:
File+Subscr Options Menu
Tapping its action opens the File+Subscr mainpage Help pages.
The 'Reset App database' action
Starts with a dialog:
- which - after the checkbox has been checked - is followed by:
- and if you proceed with the 'Yes' action, you must be confirm again:
After confirmation a message box pops up:
The Files App
To access Backup files (and other files), use the standard Apple Files App (installed by default). After opening it from the Home screen and tapping the Browse icon, it could display as:
To access the iCloud Drive, you may have to sign in to iCloud first.
Tapping opens:
If the App is deleted, the Sailor Logbook folder and its items are deleted as well. So if you want to delete the App but preserve item(s) in its folder, you must copy them to another place before deletion.
Further tapping the Sailor Logbook icon shows:
Above, names of the Backup files seen in the Import to a primary device example appear.
Like all Sailor Logbook files, they have a prefix of slb_, followed by a timestamp in the form yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss, terminated by a suffix .db (for DataBase).
Some actions are activated from a menu that opens by tapping the upper right icon:
A tap on the slb_readme icon reveals:
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