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the Settings window allows you to change Furnace settings.
settings are saved when clicking the **OK** or **Apply** buttons at the bottom of the window.
settings are saved when clicking the **OK** or **Apply** buttons at the bottom of the window, and when closing the program. several backups are kept in the Furnace settings directory.
## General
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- **Language**: select the language used for the interface. some languages are incomplete, and are listed with their approximate completion percentage.
- **Render backend**: changing this may help with performace or compatibility issues. the available render backends are:
- SDL Renderer: this was the only available render backend prior to the addition of dedicated OpenGL/DirectX backends in 0.6. default on macOS.
- DirectX 11: works with the majority of graphics chips/cards and is optimized specifically for Windows.
- it is slower than the other backends.
- DirectX 11: works with the majority of graphics chips/cards and is optimized specifically for Windows.
- DirectX 9: use if your hardware is incompatible with DirectX 11.
- OpenGL 3.0: works with the majority of graphics chips/cards (from 2010 onwards). default on Linux.
- OpenGL 2.0: use if you have a card without OpenGL 3.0 support.
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- **Remember last values**
- **Store instrument name in .fui**: when enabled, saving an instrument will store its name. this may increase file size.
- **Load instrument name from .fui**: when enabled, loading an instrument will use the stored name (if present). otherwise, it will use the file name.
- **Auto-fill file name when saving**: pre-fill the file name field with an appropriate name when saving or exporting.
- **Auto-fill file name when saving**: pre-fill the file name field when saving or exporting.
- when saving a module, the existing file name will be auto-filled.
- when saving an instrument or sample, its name will be auto-filled.
### New Song
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### Configuration
- **Import**: select an exported `.ini` config file to overwrite current settings.
- **Export**: select an `.ini` file to save current settings.
- **Factory Reset**: resets all settings to default.
- **Factory Reset**: resets all settings to default and purges settings backups.
## Audio
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- **Enable backup system**: turn on automatic backups of the current open file.
- **Interval (in seconds)**: time between automatic backups.
- **Backups per file**: maximum number of backups to store for each file.
- **Backups per file**: maximum number of backups to store for each file. oldest backups are deleted first.
### Backup Management
- **Purge before**:
- **Go**: purge backups whose filenames precede the selected date.
- **Go**: purge all backups from before the selected date.
- total space used by all backups:
- **Refresh**: recalculate space.
- **Delete All**: purge all backups.