Where your case data lives

Last updated: 2026-05-27

ADR Sentinel stores your cases as plain JSON files on your own machine — not in our cloud. We have no servers that hold your case data, and nothing about a case is transmitted off your device unless you explicitly export or share it.

Default location

On first launch, the app uses a default folder inside your operating system's app-data area:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/ADR Sentinel/cases/
Windows: %APPDATA%\ADR Sentinel\cases\

Each case is one <id>.json file. A rolling 5-snapshot backup of each case lives in a hidden .backups/ subfolder so the app can recover from a corrupted save.

Change the location

You can point the app at any folder you choose — including a synced folder.

Open Settings → Cloud Sync → Cases folder.
Click Change Folder… and pick the new location.
The app moves your existing cases there and starts using the new folder for all reads/writes.

To see what's there, click Open in Finder (macOS) / Open in Explorer (Windows).

Use your own cloud sync

Because cases are plain files in a folder, you can sync them across machines by putting the folder inside any cloud-sync service:

iCloud Drive (recommended on Mac-only setups — ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/ADR Sentinel/)
Dropbox — works on Mac and Windows
OneDrive — works on Mac and Windows
Google Drive — works via the Google Drive desktop client

The OS handles the actual file sync. ADR Sentinel doesn't need to know — it just reads and writes the folder it's pointed at.

A caution about concurrent edits

If you open the same case on two devices at once and edit on both, your sync provider will produce a conflict copy and you'll have to merge them by hand. Open the case in one place at a time.

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