Some experiences
deserve more
than a note.

1. From Home, tap New Entry and choose an experience type.
2. Set the date to when the experience happened. Add a title if you want one.
3. Write in the main journal area. Include the fragments: images, sounds, people, places, sensations, or words you remember.
4. Add optional impressions and details when they help. Intentions, questions, body notes, learnings, and next-session ideas can stay beside the main account.
5. Tap Done when you finish. Your entry appears in the dated Journal timeline.

For guided meditation, record the program, exercise, or Focus level if useful. For a dream or synchronicity, keep the setting and sequence in your own words.

1. Inside an entry, choose Record Audio, and grant microphone access when asked. Pause and resume when needed, then stop to keep the recording.
2. For audio you already recorded elsewhere, choose Import Audio and select the file.
3. Allow speech recognition when asked. Wait for transcription, then compare and correct the text as needed.
4. In reading view, tap a timed transcript word to jump into the recording. Scrub the waveform or use Quick Jump to find spoken sections.

The audio menu offers transcription and word-jump tools, along with audio export and deletion. For older recordings, use Settings → Audio Tools → Add Word Jump Points to Recordings to process eligible recordings together. A progress view shows the work.

Apple Writing Tools can help clean up a transcript on supported devices. They are optional; basic journaling and recording do not require Apple Intelligence.

1. Choose Add Photo to attach a sketch, photograph, or visual reference. Tap an attached image to view it; pinch to zoom.
2. Choose Add File to attach a supporting document or compatible Mind Monitor CSV export.
3. Open the CSV’s graph to see the timeline. Use its legend to identify the bands and drag across the chart to inspect readings.
4. Use the graph’s Export control when you want a standalone image of the chart.

A rendered image can be a useful reference, but it is still your illustration of the experience. The journal does not generate images or interpret readings for you.

1. Open Settings → Emoji Clues.
2. Edit an existing clue or add your own. Choose the symbol, name the clue, and enter the matching words or phrases.
3. Use an emoji from the keyboard, or a Genmoji if your device supports it, then save.
4. Open Settings → Color Palette to choose your journal palette. Experience Type Colors lets you distinguish different kinds of entries.
5. Choose Appearance and Font style in Settings to finish making the space yours.

Clues are visual signposts, not interpretations. Choose symbols that mean something to you, including a recurring object or phrase the built-in set does not cover.

1. Open Journal to browse your dated entries. Search a word or phrase and narrow the results by experience type or attached content.
2. To recategorize older entries, edit the type within an entry. Use Journal’s Select option when several entries need the same change.
3. Review tag suggestions at the bottom of an entry. Tap a suggestion to add it, or enter your own tag.
4. Open Patterns and choose the experience type you want to explore. Select all experiences for a view across your practice.
5. Tap a recurring theme to return to its source entries. Compare the original context, not just the count.

For intuitive and remote-viewing practice, capture impressions before feedback and use verification notes to record what later matched, differed, or remained uncertain.

1. Open Gateway Log on your paired Apple Watch.
2. Choose the experience type, then tap Record.
3. Use Pause or Resume as needed. Tap Save when finished.
4. Let the recording transfer to your iPhone. Open Gateway Log on the phone so the received draft can be transcribed and receive word jump points.
5. Review the entry and correct the transcript on your iPhone.

Transfer may wait until the devices can communicate. Recording and transcription are separate steps; the original audio is retained if speech processing needs attention.

1. For one entry, open its share options and choose entry export. For multiple entries, use the export option from the Journal page.
2. Choose all entries, selected entries, or a date range where offered.
3. Choose a format. Turn on Include photos and brainwave graphs or Include AI analysis prompt only when you want them.
4. Use Copy Selected Content for the clipboard, or prepare the export and use Share Entry File or Share Journal.

Media exports use an RTFD document to keep pictures embedded for compatible apps such as Pages. Text-only rich exports use RTF. Paste support varies by destination; separate text and image buttons can help.

Before sending private entries to any AI service or another person, check what you selected. The receiving service’s privacy rules apply to what you share.

1. Open Settings → Backups & Devices → Create Complete Backup.
2. Save the .gatewaylogbackup file somewhere you trust. Keep more than one dated copy, including an independent copy when possible.
3. Wait for the saved file to finish downloading or uploading if you used a cloud folder. Use Verify Existing Backup to check a saved copy without changing your journal.
4. On another compatible installation, choose Import Backup and review the import options. Add Missing Sessions adds entries not already in that journal and leaves matching entries unchanged.
5. If you deleted an entry by mistake, open Settings → Deleted Entries and restore it within 30 days. You can also permanently delete it sooner from there.

iCloud sync is not a separate backup. Device, app, and sync problems can cause loss. The developer does not hold a server copy of your journal and cannot recover it from your Apple Account or chosen storage provider.

1. Open Gateway Log → Settings and scroll to Backups & Devices.
2. Tap Create Complete Backup. Wait while the app prepares the journal and attachments.
3. In the save window, choose a folder and save the .gatewaylogbackup file. Keep its dated filename rather than overwriting your only older copy.
4. Wait for saving and any cloud upload to finish. Check that the file is visible in your chosen folder.
5. Review the app’s verification result. To check a saved file again, tap Verify Existing Backup and select that exact file.
6. Keep the file and its location somewhere you will remember. You can check Latest verified backup in Settings.

Verification checks that the backup is readable and that attached files match their checksums. It does not change the current journal. A successful check helps establish that the file is intact; it cannot protect the file against future deletion or guarantee that a cloud provider will retain it.

Complete Backups include journal writing, dates, experience types and details, tags, verification notes, original audio, saved transcripts and word jump points, photos, attached files such as Mind Monitor CSVs, and personalized Emoji Clues. Saved deleted entries can also be present until they are permanently removed.

The original Mind Monitor file is preserved so a compatible app can display its graph again. A rendered graph image is a readable export, rather than the original readings.

New backups use a portable ZIP-based archive with versioned journal data. Keep the .gatewaylogbackup file intact; you do not need to unzip, rename, or rearrange it. Compatible Apple versions can also read older package-format backups.

A Complete Backup is a journal backup, not a promise to reproduce every device preference. Import behavior and feature support can vary between app versions and platforms. Genmoji includes an image fallback for supported cross-platform imports; it does not enable Apple’s Genmoji editor on Android.

On iPhone or iPad: when the save window opens, choose Browse → On My iPhone or On My iPad, if available, then a folder you recognize. Use Files to confirm the saved backup.

On Mac: save to a folder such as Documents or a connected external drive. If Documents is synced with iCloud, choose an external drive or a folder outside your synced locations when you want a genuinely separate local copy.

A copy kept only on the same phone can be lost with that phone. Move another copy to your computer or external storage. Avoid keeping your only backup inside the app’s own files, which may disappear when the app is removed.

The save window lets you choose storage locations available through Files or the Mac’s save dialog. Gateway Log does not require you to use a particular backup provider.

1. Set up and sign in to your preferred storage provider. On iPhone or iPad, check that its location is available in Files → Browse. Provider availability depends on its app and your device settings.
2. Create the Complete Backup in Gateway Log and choose a private folder in that location.
3. Allow the upload to finish. On another device, allow the file to download before verifying or importing it.
4. Keep an additional independent local copy when possible.

Saving a file in Google Drive or Dropbox is not continuous journal sync. Changes made after the backup was created do not automatically update that file. Create a fresh backup when you need a newer copy.

The file lives in the storage account you choose. Available space, provider subscriptions, upload limits, and retention rules belong to that provider. You do not need a developer cloud project to save a backup into your own accessible folder.

1. If the current journal contains entries you want to keep, make a fresh Complete Backup of it first.
2. Install a compatible Gateway Log version on the destination device. Make the saved backup available there through Files, Finder, a cloud folder, or a file transfer.
3. Open Settings → Backups & Devices → Import Backup and choose the .gatewaylogbackup file.
4. Wait for the app to check the backup. Review the available options before continuing.
5. Choose Add Missing Sessions to add entries that are not already in the journal. Matching entries are skipped and left unchanged.
6. Check a few dates, categories, photos, and recordings afterward. Keep the original backup until you are satisfied.

This is an import, not a whole-journal overwrite. Add Missing Sessions will not replace the current writing in an entry already present. It also will not merge edits made independently on two devices.

If matching entries have different experience types, a Restore … Experience Types option may appear. It restores only those categories from the backup while keeping the current writing and attachments. It is separate from importing missing entries.

Android is in development. Portable backups support transfer between compatible versions, but saving a shared backup does not currently provide automatic, two-way Apple–Android journal sync.

For a recent accidental deletion, start with Settings → Deleted Entries. Entries remain there for up to 30 days before permanent deletion, and can be restored sooner. Choosing permanent deletion removes that recovery option immediately.

A backup made before an entry was deleted may provide another recovery point. A backup made afterward may contain it as a deleted entry. Check Deleted Entries after an import if an expected entry is not in the active timeline.

Keep older dated backups for as long as you need them. Permanently deleting something in the app does not erase copies already saved in an older backup.

• Check storage space. Audio, photos, and attached files can make a complete journal backup large. The device and chosen destination need room to save it.
• Check the actual location. Search Files or Finder for .gatewaylogbackup, and confirm the folder and storage account you used.
• Wait for cloud files. A file can appear in a folder before its download or upload has finished. Make it available locally, then try Verify Existing Backup again.
• Keep the file intact. Do not edit the archive contents or substitute a TXT/RTF journal export.
• Keep the journal and an older good backup. If verification fails, do not delete the live journal or overwrite your last verified copy. Save another backup to a local folder and verify it.

If the problem continues, contact thegatewaylog.media@gmail.com with the exact error, app version, and device. You do not need to send your private journal or complete backup just to report an error.