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# Managing Wii Backups

This guide provides instructions on how to manage your Wii backups, from joining .PART files that are output through CleanRip, to shrinking game files that can be copied onto a FAT32 device. Two programs that can be used to manage your Wii backups are Wii Backup Manager (for Windows) and Wii Backup Fusion (for Linux and MacOS) and are covered below.
This guide provides instructions on how to manage your Wii backups, from joining .PART files that are output through CleanRip, to shrinking game files that can be copied onto a FAT32 device. Three programs that can be used to manage your Wii backups are Wii Backup Manager (for Windows), Wii Backup Fusion (for Linux and MacOS) and TinyWiiBackupManager (for Windows, Linux and MacOS) and are covered below.

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1. Copy the game.wbfs file that was made in Step 3 to this new folder. The drive should be ready to use on a Wii.

## Using TinyWiiBackupManager

### Requirements

* A device running Windows, MacOS, or Linux (either x64 or arm64)
* A USB drive or SD card
* A dump from a Wii game disc (any format)
* [TinyWiiBackupManager](https://github.com/mq1/TinyWiiBackupManager/releases/latest)

### Instructions

#### Section I - Installation

- **Windows:** Download the `setup.exe` or the `win-portable.zip` file.
- **MacOS:** Download the `.dmg` file.
- **Linux:** Download the `.AppImage` file.

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** macOS post-installation (the app is NOT notarized)**\
You must allow it manually after installing by running this command in Terminal:

```bash
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/TinyWiiBackupManager.app
```

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#### Section II - Copying Games

1. Insert your USB drive or SD card into your computer.
1. Run TinyWiiBackupManager, a pop-up will tell you to select the drive that will hold your backed up Wii games.
1. Click on the `➕ Add Game(s)` button to add the game(s) you want to transfer to a drive.
1. The `➕ Add Game(s)` button can be clicked multiple times, it will hold a transfer queue.

![](/images/desktop-apps/TWBM/screenshot.png)


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[Continue to cIOS](cios)
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