Save editing

**Save editing** is one of the ways to hack the game to make playing it simpler. For example, you can give yourself a lot of money, or bypass some hard task you can't complete normally.

**WARNING**:

1. Hacking the game can lead to glitches, or make the game completely unplayable. Always make a backup copy of the files you edit.
2. Your Game Center leaderboards may stop working, or display incorrect numbers. Please don't try to hack the game to win Daily Challenges, because it frustrates other players.

## Requirements

* Any Mac computer that can play Sneaky Sasquatch. (This guide won't work on an iOS device like iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV.)
* Sneaky Sasquatch installed.
* At least 3GB of free space.

## Creating a backup to edit

Launch Sneaky Sasquatch and enter the save slot you want to edit. Open the Settings and Stats Book, and go to the "Game Data" page.

Click "Backup Now" to create a new backup. To check that the backup was successfully created, click "View Backups", then open the "Local Backups" tab, and make sure that the latest backup has a correct timestamp (that it was created just now).

Close the book and exit the game.

## Locating your backup in Finder

The game data is located in this directory:

> `"/Users/(YOUR USERNAME)/Library/Containers/com.rac7.SneakySasquatchMac/Data/Library/Application Support/com.rac7.SneakySasquatchMac"`
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Alternatively, you can search for it in Finder. Go into your user folder. Press Shift-Command-Period to show hidden folders. Open the "Library" folder, and search for "com.rac7.SneakySasquatchMac". Several folders will show. you want the one that looks like in the picture below.

Open the backups folder. It should contain several backup files (the exact number will vary) like in the picture below.

com.rac7.sneakysasquatchmac folderBackups folder
## Editing your backup

Find the newest backup file for your slot. Note that:

* "backup\_0\_" files are for the first save slot
* "backup\_1\_" files are for the second save slot
* "backup\_2\_" files are for the third save slot

The number in the end of the file name is the backup number. It is larger for newer backups.

**IMPORTANT**: Make a copy of this file in a safe location, for example, in your user folder, in case you break something.

Open this backup file in TextEdit. Now you can edit any fields you want.

For example, you may want to increase the number of coins you have. To do this, open the search bar (press Edit > Find > Find on the top of your screen) and type "coins". It will find two values: "coins" and "bank\_coins". Note that "bank\_coins" may be missing if you have no money in the Bank. Change the "coins" value to any amount of your choice. Use digits only, do not add any punctuation.

In the end, save the file and close the editor.

## Restoring the edited backup

Start Sneaky Sasquatch again, and enter the save slot you were editing. Open the Settings and Stats Book, and go to the "Game Data" page.

Click "View Backups", then open the "Local Backups" tab. Click on the latest backup you were editing.

The preview window will show how much coins you have in this backup. It should be equal to the amount you typed while editing the backup file.

If the amount of coins is correct, click "Load Backup", then answer "yes", "yes", "no" to the 3 questions. You will exit to the title screen, click the save slot again to play it.