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The Horcrux Guide
A practical guide to setting up Horcrux, understanding what it saves, finding mail later, checking backup health, and moving mail when you need it.
Start with how backups workRead it in order
One guide, eight chapters.
The chapters follow the app from first principles through everyday use and recovery. If you are looking for one feature, jump directly to that chapter. The same structure is designed to become the printable Horcrux guide later.
- 01How Horcrux backups workUnderstand the Horcrux Library, Backup Locations, backup types, schedules, and indexes.
- 02Add an email accountConnect a provider, choose how mail is kept, and review the mailboxes included.
- 03Seed Gmail with Google TakeoutUse an optional Google Takeout MBOX to make the first Gmail backup faster.
- 04Backup LocationsSet up complete copies, choose a Primary location, and understand cross-location backup and recovery.
- 05Run and monitor backupsRun a backup, understand progress, and use Jobs to see what happened.
- 06Browse and search saved mailOpen the backup browser, search message details, and optionally search message contents.
- 07Verify and repair backupsLearn what Horcrux verifies, when to use Deep Verify, and how to recover missing saved mail.
- 08Migrate, export, and restoreMove mail among Horcrux backups, email accounts, and standard MBOX files.
- 09Settings referenceSee what the Horcrux Library, global settings, and every Manage Account section control.
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