title: Backup and Sharing of Sessions
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-<p>An Ardour session is stored in a single folder on your computer's filesystem. This makes backup very easy - any tool capable of backing up a folder (i.e. all of them) can be used to backup a session. You pick the location of a session when it is created - by default it will be in your default session location, which can be altered via <code>Edit > Preferences > Misc > Session Management</code>. </p>
-<blockquote><p>
-There is complication: a session may reference embedded media that are stored outside of the session folder. At this time (December 2012), there is no particularly good solution for this. Backing up a session with embedded files will not create a copy of the session containing those files.
-</p></blockquote>
-<p>The single folder approach also makes sharing a project easy. Simply copy the session folder (onto a storage device, or across a network) and another Ardour user (on any platform) will be able to use it. The limitation regarding embedded files applies to session sharing as well.</p>
+<p>
+ An Ardour session is stored in a single folder on your computer's filesystem.
+ This makes <dfn>backup</dfn> very easy — any tool capable of backing up
+ a folder can be used to backup a session. You pick the location of a session
+ when it is created — by default it will be in your default session location,
+ which can be altered via <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > Misc > Session
+ Management</kbd>.
+</p>
+<p class="warning">
+ There is one complication: a session may reference media files that are stored
+ outside of the session folder, if the user has opted not to select <kbd
+ class="optoff">Session > Import > Copy to Session</kbd> during
+ import. Backing up a session with embedded files will not create a
+ copy of the session containing those files.
+</p>
+<p>
+ The single folder approach also makes sharing a project easy. Simply copy the session
+ folder (onto a storage device, or across a network) and another Ardour user (on any
+ platform) will be able to use it. The limitation regarding embedded files applies to
+ session sharing as well.
+</p>