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Moving to a new computer

Five steps. Under five minutes.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

Moving PennyBolt to a new computer is straightforward: make a backup on the old computer, copy it over, and restore on the new one.

What you need

  • The old computer with PennyBolt installed and running.
  • The new computer with PennyBolt installed. Download the installer at pennybolt.com/download .
  • A way to move a file between the two computers: a USB drive, a shared folder, a cloud folder, email, AirDrop — anything that gets a file from one to the other.

The five steps

Step 1. On the old computer: open PennyBolt and go to File → Backup. Save the backup somewhere you can access from both computers — a USB drive, cloud folder, or network share. Name it something recognizable.

Step 2. Copy the .pbbackup file to the new computer.

Step 3. On the new computer: open PennyBolt. On first launch it will prompt you to create or restore a file.

Step 4. Choose Restore from backup. Navigate to the .pbbackup file you copied over.

Step 5. PennyBolt opens the backup as your active file. Confirm a few recent transactions are there.

That’s it. You’re done.

After moving

If you use both computers at the same time, keep in mind that PennyBolt doesn’t sync. Any transactions you import or enter on one computer won’t appear on the other. Pick one computer as your primary and import from there. If you ever want to move again, start with a fresh backup from whichever computer has the most current data.

If PennyBolt is already open on the new computer

If you’ve already opened PennyBolt on the new computer and it created a blank file, you can still restore: go to File → Restore and choose your .pbbackup. This replaces the blank file with your data.

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