description: Awkward but useful emergency technique for saving tiddlers
method: save
modified: 20180309221402430
tags: Mac Android Windows Linux Saving Chrome Safari Firefox Opera InternetExplorer
title: Emergency Tiddler Export
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
This method is useful if, for any reason, you should find your current TiddlyWiki instance is not saving (e.g. a plugin or a server has stopped working). It should work on just about any platform.
* Go to advanced search {{$:/core/ui/Buttons/advanced-search}}
** Goto the filter tab
** Enter the following filter text:
```
[!is[system]!sort[modified]limit[25]]
```
* Check the list of tiddlers.
* Adjust the number "25" in the filter to make sure you found all your recently modified tiddlers
* Press the bucket with the up arrow [<button class="tc-btn-invisible" disabled><<.icon $:/core/images/export-button>></button>] which appears on the right
* A dialogue window will ask for a location to download a file called tiddler.json on your local drive, or depending on browser configuration, just alert you that such a file will be downloaded. Press save.
* The `tiddlers.json` file can be imported (tools in sidebar) or drag and drop the file on the top line of the story river of another TW .
