nxdumptool VS Checkpoint

If you have a modded switch, you can dump it yourself using nxdumptool

I would use NX Dump Tool to dump games. It's been a while since I used it, but when I used it, it worked like a charm.

You buy your own eshop games/cartridges and use nxdumptool to rip them into either nsp or xci files along with any updates or dlc that you installed along the way.

use https://github.com/DarkMatterCore/nxdumptool/releases

It's possible to dump switch games from a hacked switch using this tool: https://github.com/DarkMatterCore/nxdumptool/releases

NX Dump Tool: Only useful if you have physical copies of games you want to dump - https://github.com/DarkMatterCore/nxdumptool/releases

After you've done all that, you need to install NXDumpTool and use it to transfer your games to your micro SD card.

If you have a 3DS with custom firmware, it's easy. Just used Checkpoint, it's designed for exactly this: https://github.com/BernardoGiordano/Checkpoint

Save manager app, if you used 3DS.hacks.guide to homebrew it should be already installed (flag icon). Otherwise find it here

I can't remember if this specific method also copies your save game for you, so if the save game doesn't appear on the digital copy, you can use Checkpoint or JKSM to copy your save game from the cartridge to the installed version. You won't lost your save data.

For DS/3DS, you can use Checkpoint on a 3DS to backup saves from carts.

3DS with CFW, using the Checkpoint homebrew. You want the .cia version. DS cartridges sometimes take up to 20 seconds to appear, but always show up at the top left of the icon grid. Backup and restore behave exactly how they do for 3DS games. This is the best and easiest way, do it if you can.

On a 3DS with official carts you can use [Checkpoint](https://github.com/BernardoGiordano/Checkpoint) to back up *and restore* your DS & 3DS saves.

If you have a hackable switch that will get you going in the right direction. Then you need to use Checkpoint to dump the saves.

A quick web search proves this wrong. If you own the hardware and have physical access to the data, you can always make your own backups of it. (And you should, if the data is important. Never, ever, ever trust a cloud provider to backup your data properly.)

To get checkpoint, go here and download the cia file. Put it somewhere on your sd card (it doesn’t matter where as long as you remember where it is) and then open FBI on your console. Click SD and from there find where you put the file. When you get to it press A and select “install an delete cia.” This will install it your home menu and then delete the cia so it doesn’t clutter your sd card (once it’s installed the cia isn’t needed).