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   * Create a new folder, and give it a suitable name, e.g. "Unify data"   * Create a new folder, and give it a suitable name, e.g. "Unify data"
   * Double-click the new folder, to open it.   * Double-click the new folder, to open it.
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 +**Your user-login MUST have write privileges in the new folder you create.** Unfortunately, this is a complicated subject, and the procedures for checking and setting privileges are different for each operating system, version, and language/locale, so it's not possible to specify them all here.
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 +  * **MacOS**:
 +    * Right-click the folder and choose "Get Info".
 +    * Properties will be shown at the very bottom of the Info window.
 +    * The entry for your user/login name should say "Read & Write".
 +  * **Windows**:
 +    * Right-click the folder and choose "Properties".
 +    * In the Properties window, click the //Security// tab to see permissions.
 +    * Click the entry for //Authenticated Users//; the list below should have a check mark beside "Modify", "Read", and "Write".
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 +If you need to change the folder privileges, you should search the web for instructions appropriate for your operating system version and language/locale. You need to ensure that the updated permissions are inherited by all files and sub-folders within the main folder.
  
 ===== Step 3: Move/Copy the Unify data ===== ===== Step 3: Move/Copy the Unify data =====
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     * Leave the second Explorer/Finder window open as well; you might need it.     * Leave the second Explorer/Finder window open as well; you might need it.
  
-===== Step 5: Load some patches =====+===== Step 5: Close and re-open Unify ===== 
 +  * Unify won't actually update its Settings file until you close it, so close it now. 
 +  * Run Unify again; the patch browser should show your patches now. 
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 +===== Step 6: Load some patches =====
   * Close the Settings view by clicking on the green **Close** button at the top right   * Close the Settings view by clicking on the green **Close** button at the top right
-  * Open the Unify patch browser by clicking the **Browse** button+  * If Unify'patch browser is not open, open it by clicking the **Browse** button
   * Select one or two patches, to make sure they are loading correctly   * Select one or two patches, to make sure they are loading correctly
     * Patches //should// load as usual. If they do not, you might not have correctly copied all of Unify's files to the new location. Check your two Explorer/Finder windows to make sure. Drag over any folders you might have missed, then try loading patches in Unify again.     * Patches //should// load as usual. If they do not, you might not have correctly copied all of Unify's files to the new location. Check your two Explorer/Finder windows to make sure. Drag over any folders you might have missed, then try loading patches in Unify again.
  
-===== Step 6: Delete the old folder =====+===== Step 7: Delete the old folder =====
   * At this point, you can safely remove the old Unify data folder entirely.   * At this point, you can safely remove the old Unify data folder entirely.
     * In your //first// Explorer/Finder window, navigate up one level, and drag the entire old folder (it will typically be called //Unify//) to the Trash, then empty the Trash.     * In your //first// Explorer/Finder window, navigate up one level, and drag the entire old folder (it will typically be called //Unify//) to the Trash, then empty the Trash.
   * Now you can close //both// Explorer/Finder windows; you're done.   * Now you can close //both// Explorer/Finder windows; you're done.
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-===== Step 7: Close and re-open Unify ===== 
-  * Unify won't actually update its Settings file until you close it, so close it now. 
-  * Run Unify again, open the patch browser, and test loading patches, just to be sure. 
-  * OK, now you're really done. 
  
  
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