Back up your cases and move to a new phone
Capnolog backs up your case log to your own iCloud from the first day, and the backup is encrypted. Settings → Data & privacy → Backup & sync shows when the last backup ran. A new iPhone finds the backup during setup and offers to bring your data across. On Android, the backup is an encrypted file in a folder you pick.
By Christopher Cutler, MD, CA-1, anesthesiology
Four years of cases should not depend on one phone. The backup is on from the start, so the only job left is to check it before you trade a phone in.
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Open Settings → Data & privacy → Backup & sync
The switch at the top is “iCloud backup & sync,” and the switch is on from the start. The row under it, “Last backed up to iCloud,” says how long ago the last backup ran.
The phone has to be signed in to iCloud. When the phone is not, this screen says that nothing has been backed up yet.
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Know what the backup holds
The backup covers your cases, plans, and attending notes. The backup is encrypted so that only your devices can read it. Apple cannot read it, and Capnolog cannot read it.
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Tap “Back up now” before you trade in a phone
Wait for the time on the “Last backed up to iCloud” row to change. Then the old phone is safe to erase.
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Set up the new phone
Sign in to the same iCloud account, install Capnolog, and start setup. When setup finds your backup, the screen asks “Found your Capnolog data — bring it here?” and lists what will come across. Accept, and your cases arrive.
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Restore by hand if you skipped that screen
Backup & sync has a “Restore from iCloud” button. A restore adds the backup to the cases already on the phone rather than replacing them.
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On Android, the backup is a file you keep
The screen is called Backup, and the switch is named “Back up to a folder” there. You pick a folder and set a passphrase, and Capnolog writes an encrypted file there. On a new phone, setup asks for that file and the passphrase.
Nobody can recover the passphrase for you. Keep it somewhere you will find it in three years.
The backup is end-to-end encrypted in your own iCloud. Only your devices can read it.
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