Doug Morrisson, Creating a Separate Copy for Cerebro Testing #100861

https://thebrain.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/100861

Hello Doug,

Thank you for reaching out, and I’m glad you enjoyed the Cerebro webinar.

Yes, if you want a separate copy for testing, please do not manually edit the Brain files or try to change the GUID directly. The safer supported approach is to use a Brainzip backup and import it into a newly created Brain.

Please try this:

• First, create a Brainzip backup of the Brain you want to copy.

• Open TheBrain and create a new empty Brain. You can name it something like “Cerebro Test Copy” so it is easy to tell apart from your original Brain.

• With that new Brain open, go to Import and select the Brainzip file you created.

• When importing, choose the option to import it into the current Brain as a child thought.

• Let the import finish completely.

This will give you a separate local Brain with a new GUID, while preserving the content from the Brainzip import.

After the import finishes, the imported Brain content will appear under the first/new thought in the test Brain. If you want, you can reorganize it afterward, and you may remove the original starter thought if it is only being used as a container.

This avoids the GUID conflict and gives you a safer copy to experiment with for Cerebro testing.

Best regards,

John