> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.inkwell.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Inkwell Library > Keep your scripts in your Inkwell Library to open them on every device, or keep them as local files. How each works, and how to move between them. Your **Inkwell Library** keeps your scripts in your Inkwell account, so the same script is there on every device you sign in on. It is free. If you would rather keep a script as a file on your own device, that works exactly as it always has. ## A script has one home Every script you open is one of two things, and the window always tells you which. | | **Library script** | **Local file** | | - | - | - | | Where it lives | Your Inkwell Library, hosted by Inkwell | A `.ink` file on your device | | Open it from | **File → Open…** in the browser editor, **File → Open from Library…** in the Mac app, or the Library in Inkwell Reader | Finder, **File → Open**, or drag and drop | | Saves to | The Library, with a copy cached on your device | That file. Nothing is uploaded | | On your other devices | Yes, the same script | No | | Needs an account | Yes | No | The Library works in the browser editor at editor.inkwell.app and in the Mac app. In Inkwell Reader on iPhone and iPad, your Library scripts open read-only. A Library script and a local file are never kept in sync with each other. Each is its own script. > [!NOTE] > > Signed out, or prefer files? Open a `.ink` file and write. Nothing is uploaded, and you don't need an account. ## Add a file to your Library Choose **File → Add to Library** on a local file. Inkwell makes a **separate copy** in your Library and opens it. The file you started from is not changed, moved or watched. From then on they are two scripts, and edits to one don't reach the other. ## Download a Copy Choose **File → Download a Copy** on a Library script to save it as a file. The copy is a local file with no link back to the Library. You can do this whenever you like. * **In the browser editor**, pick `.ink`, PDF, Final Draft or Fountain. * **In the Mac app**, Download a Copy saves an `.ink` file. For a PDF, Final Draft or Fountain file, use **File → Export**. ## Work offline A Library script is cached on your device, so you can open it and keep writing with no connection. Inkwell shows when a script is saved on this device only, and saves it to your Library when you are back online. ## Open on another device Only one device edits a script at a time. If a script is open for editing on another device, you see it read-only with **Take over**. Choose it to start editing here; the other device switches to read-only and tells you so. There is no co-editing, and Inkwell never merges two versions of a script on its own. If two devices both had unsent changes, the one that saves second keeps its changes as a separate copy and says so, so nothing you wrote is lost. ## Recently deleted Delete a Library script from the Library in the browser editor. It moves to **Recently deleted**, where it stays for 30 days. Restore it any time in that window. Choose **Delete now** to remove it immediately; it can't be brought back. Deleting your account deletes your Library. ## Keep a backup folder on your Mac If you want real `.ink` files of your Library scripts in a folder you control, such as one in Dropbox or your backup system, open **Settings → General** in the Mac app, turn on **Keep backups in a folder** under **Inkwell Library**, and choose a folder. It is off by default. Each time a Library script saves, Inkwell writes a `.ink` copy there. It is one-way: Inkwell writes to the folder and never reads from it, so changing a file in the folder does not change your script. ## Moving from encrypted sync Earlier Mac versions offered an optional, end-to-end encrypted sync, with a recovery kit. It is being retired in favor of the Library. * It keeps working for scripts you already turned it on for. * When you open one of those scripts, Inkwell offers **Add to Library**. Choose it to keep the script on your other devices. * Your `.ink` file stays on your Mac either way. * New scripts can't be added to the older sync. ## How Library scripts are protected Library scripts are stored by Inkwell. They are encrypted in transit and at rest, but they are **not end-to-end encrypted**, which is what lets the same script open on every device. We make five commitments: 1. We never use your scripts to train AI. 2. No one at Inkwell opens your scripts without your permission. 3. Your scripts are encrypted in transit and at rest. 4. You can export them any time, with **Download a Copy**. 5. Delete means deleted. The full details are in our [Privacy Policy](https://inkwell.app/privacy). > [!NOTE] > > **Share Draft is unchanged.** A shared draft is still encrypted on your Mac before it leaves, with a key we never hold. See [Share a draft for notes](https://docs.inkwell.app/sharing/share-a-draft.md). ## Common questions > [accordion] Does the Library cost anything? > > No. The Library is free with your Inkwell account. > [accordion] Can two people edit a script together? > > No. A Library script is yours, and one device edits it at a time. To get feedback from others, use [Share a draft](https://docs.inkwell.app/sharing/share-a-draft.md). > [accordion] Does Inkwell move or delete my files? > > Never. Inkwell does not move, rename or delete a file on your device. Add to Library leaves the file exactly as it was. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.