OpenClaw restore notes

For Wendy. These are the exact paths/steps to restore a known-good openclaw.json.

Important paths

See the hidden folder in Finder

  1. Open Finder
  2. Press Command + Shift + . to show hidden files
  3. Press Command + Shift + G
  4. Paste /Users/wendy/.openclaw/

Restore from Finder (safest manual way)

  1. Go to /Users/wendy/.openclaw/backups/
  2. Find the backup you want, usually openclaw.json.latest.backup
  3. Copy it
  4. Go to /Users/wendy/.openclaw/
  5. Rename the current openclaw.json to something like openclaw.json.bad-copy
  6. Duplicate the backup and rename the duplicate to exactly openclaw.json
  7. Restart OpenClaw / OpenClawPro

Restore from Terminal (fastest)

cp /Users/wendy/.openclaw/backups/openclaw.json.latest.backup /Users/wendy/.openclaw/openclaw.json

If OpenClaw still acts weird

  1. Quit OpenClawPro fully
  2. Make sure the restored file is named exactly openclaw.json
  3. Reopen OpenClawPro

Best backup habit

Any time something feels stable, make a fresh copy of /Users/wendy/.openclaw/openclaw.json into /Users/wendy/.openclaw/backups/.