In hard-drive mode, there is no need to restore/backup the macros, as they are safely on the hard-drive. If you are in browser storage mode, just switch to hard-drive mode, and the macros will be there.
the plugin moves from the hard drive mode to the local storage mode by itself.
This seems to be the key issue => I asked you some questions about this issue here: UI vision plugin reverts back to local storage mode - #10 by admin