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 == How do I correct today's or yesterday's highs and lows? ==
-If the problem occurred because Cumulus wasn't able to download the data from the station's logger when you started it up in the morning (or perhaps you turned off the 'use data logger' setting for some reason), you can get it to try again by 'rewinding' to the time when you started Cumulus, and allowing it to try again. Cumulus takes a copy of the current files each time it starts up, and puts them in a folder in the backup folder in the Cumulus installation. Stop Cumulus, and find the backup folder with the appropriate timestamp, and copy all of the files from the backup folder into the Cumulus data folder, and start Cumulus up again.
+If the problem occurred because Cumulus wasn't able to download the data from the station's logger when you started it up in the morning (or perhaps you turned off the 'use data logger' setting for some reason), you can get it to try again by 'rewinding' to the time when you started Cumulus, and allowing it to try again. Cumulus takes a copy of the current files each time it starts up, and puts them in a folder in the backup folder in the Cumulus installation. Both flavours of Cumulus also take a copy of all files as a new day starts and store those in a folder within the sub-folder daily (within folder backup).
-'''Today's''' totals, highs and lows (and '''yesterday's rain''' total) are held in [[today.ini]] in the Cumulus data folder. Follow the cross-references if you are unsure which parameter is what. To change any values, stop Cumulus and edit the file(s) in a text editor. Be sure to keep any date and time formats the same.
+To do a rewind:
+#Stop Cumulus,
+# find the backup folder with the appropriate timestamp,
+# copy all of the files from the backup folder into the Cumulus data folder,
+# start Cumulus up again.
+'''Today's''' totals, highs and lows (and '''yesterday's rain''' total) are held in [[today.ini]] in the Cumulus data folder. Follow the cross-references if you are unsure which parameter is what. To change any values, stop Cumulus and edit the file(s) in a text editor. Be sure to keep any date and time formats the same (they vary between Cumulus 1 and MX).
-If you are editing '''yesterday's highs and lows''', the totals (including RG11 rain but not standard rain), highs, and lows are held in [[yesterday.ini]]. However, you probably also need to edit [[Dayfile.txt#Editing_daily_summary_in_Cumulus|dayfile.txt]], as many of the values should have been written to that file. For both files if you are using ''Cumulus MX'' you will need to use an external text file editor (don't use a word processor, although you can use a CSV editor for dayfile.txt), but if you are using ''Cumulus 1'' you can use the [[Cumulus_Screenshots#File.2FEdit.2FHelp_Menu|built-in dayfile editor]] to do this.
+If you are editing '''yesterday's highs and lows''', the totals (including RG11 rain but not standard rain), highs, and lows are held in [[yesterday.ini]]. However, you probably also need to edit [[Dayfile.txt#Editing_daily_summary_in_Cumulus|dayfile.txt]], as many of the values should have been written to that file.  Both flavours of Cumulus (1 and MX) have log file editors, be sure to us the right editor for the type of log file you are editing.
 If your all-time and/or monthly all-time records have been affected, see the next [[#How_do_I_correct_my_all-time_.28or_monthly_all-time.29_records.3F|FAQ entry]].