# Why won't my remote backups restore?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-wont-my-remote-backups-restore/327660>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 22, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-wont-my-remote-backups-restore/327660 "2024-09-22T18:08:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-wont-my-remote-backups-restore/327660/4 "2024-09-23T11:57:09Z")

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Wait. Why are you downloading with safari and not letting discourse pull the backup from s3?

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