Find your vault files on Android

Before this release, choosing "Try with Sample Tasks" or "Start Empty" during setup on Android created your vault inside TaskForge's own private storage, the same sandboxed folder every app gets that no file manager, sync app, or USB cable can reach. Your tasks worked fine inside TaskForge, but you couldn't see the files anywhere else, back them up yourself, or point Syncthing or another sync tool at them.

Where new vaults go now

Onboarding now creates your vault in Documents/TaskForge/Vault, a normal folder any file manager can open. You don't have to do anything differently. The one extra step is a storage-permission prompt the first time TaskForge needs to write there; if you say no, TaskForge falls back to the old private location so setup never gets stuck; you can always finish the move later from Vault Settings.

If your vault is already stuck in the old location

Open Settings > Vault & Storage. If TaskForge detects your current vault is still in the private app folder, a notice appears at the top of the screen explaining that and offering a Move button.

Tapping Move:

1. Asks for storage permission if TaskForge doesn't already have it.
2. Copies every file in your vault into a new Documents/TaskForge/Vault folder.
3. Switches TaskForge over to the new location automatically, no separate confirmation dialog.
4. Shows you how many files it copied and the new folder path when it's done.

The old copy in the private app folder is never deleted. If anything goes wrong during the move, for example the permission prompt gets denied, your current vault stays exactly where it was and nothing changes.

This notice isn't a one-time dismiss. If you close it without moving your vault, it comes back the next time you open Vault Settings, since the underlying problem, files no app but TaskForge can see, is still there.

Platform notes

This is an Android-only change. iOS and macOS have always stored vaults somewhere the Files app or Finder can reach, so nothing changes there.