Is there a way to backup save files in Machinarium?

Question

Machinarium (Mac OS X) saves its files in a cache, so if you accidentally clear your browsing history, all of your files disappear. Is there any way to back them up?

Asked by Andrew

Answer

On Mac OS X you should find your savegame here:

~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects/{RANDOMWORD}/localhost/{PathToYourMachinariumInstallDirectory}/machinarium.app/Machinarium.sol

To do a backup you can physically copy the file and store it away.

Anyway to get more informations take a look at this thread on Amanita Design.

Answered by Kappei

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How does Machinarium handle save games?

Question

Does anybody know how Machinarium handles save states? I put about a half hour into it the other day, clicked 'Save,' and then quit.

Loaded it up today to continue and lo and behold, my save game was nowhere to be found.

One caveat is that I don't have internet access currently...is it possible that it syncs save states with the Steam cloud?

Answer

I may have found the answer. I didn't realize that it makes use of the Flash player data directory instead of somewhere more logical, like the Documents or Steam folder.

Machinarium forums

Long story short...if you are regularly using something like Ccleaner to clear out your temp files, then your save games will get blown away.

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Machinarium save games

Question

Does anybody know how Machinarium handles save states? I put about a half hour into it the other day, clicked 'Save,' and then quit.

Loaded it up today to continue and lo and behold, my save game was nowhere to be found.

One caveat is that I don't have internet access currently...is it possible that it syncs save states with the Steam cloud?

Answer

I may have found the answer. I didn't realize that it makes use of the Flash player data directory instead of somewhere more logical, like the Documents or Steam folder.

Machinarium forums

Long story short...if you are regularly using something like Ccleaner to clear out your temp files, then your save games will get blown away.

Check more discussion of this question.