{"id":4828,"date":"2018-12-05T11:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T10:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=4828"},"modified":"2022-06-20T14:36:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:36:25","slug":"what-is-an-heredis-file-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/en\/what-is-an-heredis-file-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Heredis file?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heredis files come in the form of a <em>.hmw <\/em>folder stored at the chosen location when it was created. On Windows, they are stored by default in a<em>Documents\/BSD Concept\/Heredis\/Heredis Files<\/em> folder of your documents. <em>Documents<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this folder you will find various types of files: <em>.bak,<\/em> <em>.hmw,<\/em>media folder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do<\/strong> <strong>NOT <\/strong>change, move or delete files in this folder. Indeed, if you move, rename, modify these files, you may no longer be able to use this genealogy.<\/p>\n<p>To rename your files or know where they are stored, use the cogwheel from the Heredis homepage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Windows)<\/strong> To find out where your files are stored click<strong> Show the file location in computer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Mac)<\/strong> To find out where your files are stored click <strong>Reveal in Finder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Windows) Homepage cogwheel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18257\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/home_page_wheel-pc2020-en.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/home_page_wheel-pc2020-en.png 803w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/home_page_wheel-pc2020-en-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/home_page_wheel-pc2020-en-768x244.png 768w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/home_page_wheel-pc2020-en-800x255.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Mac) Homepage cogwheel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18261\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/homepage_wheel_mac-2020-en.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/homepage_wheel_mac-2020-en.png 632w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/homepage_wheel_mac-2020-en-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the article <a href=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/en\/find-a-file-on-your-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find a file on your computer<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heredis files come in the form of a .hmw folder stored at the chosen location when it was created. 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