@PhilsterM9 Hi again, maybe I’m missing something…
If you followed the install guide when you installed…
When you SSH in to your Pi (or open a terminal on the desktop of the pi) you should end up in a prompt looking like this:

pi@MagicMirror:~ $

Now, type as follows:

pi@MagicMirror:~ $ cd MagicMirror/config/

You should now be in MagicMirror/config/ looking like this:

pi@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror/config $

To copy a file enter:

pi@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror/config $ cp config.js.sample config.js

Check if the files where copied with ls both file should be there now:

pi@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror/config $ ls

Listed like this:

config.js  config.js.sample

Now, if you want you can edit your config file:

pi@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror/config $ nano config.js

Change whatever you need to change…
But you actually don’t have to change anything just for testing it.
Now restart the MagicMirror with pm2 like this:

pi@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror/config $ pm2 restart mm

You should se something like this:

Restarts are now immutable, to update environment or conf use --update-env
[PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [mm](ids: 0)
[PM2] [mm](0) ✓
┌──────────┬────┬──────┬───────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────────┐
│ App name │ id │ mode │ pid   │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem      │ watching │
├──────────┼────┼──────┼───────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────────┤
│ mm       │ 0  │ fork │ 26361 │ online │ 32      │ 0s     │ 22% │ 2.3 MB   │ disabled │
└──────────┴────┴──────┴───────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────────┘
 Use `pm2 show ` to get more details about an app
pi@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror/config $

And your Magic should have started. :)

@SvenSommer Yes, I’m backing it. :) I’m going (if it works) to replace my Pi3 with it. :)

@sithas

Easiest fix:
Replace those files with their defaults and then run the update.

You can also “stash” your changes with git stash -u
Then if you want you can reapply your changes again after updating with git stash pop

Or, you can just “kill” the changes with git clean -f
But then you WILL loose what you have edited in the files for ever!

Just thought I would share my “costume” RPi3 box with you. It’s made so you can fit a 28x28x15mm heat sink on it, so you would not need a fan. Also it’s made to be fasten on the long side and so it’s easily removable. You can see a variant of in om my own MagicMirror.

Here you can find the actual Box.

Enjoy. :)

Hi there! Manual “backup” of the config, CSS and compliments files when I change them (just copying it to my server). Then when reinstalling, I’m using a script (that I can wget down to the new install) containing all modules to reinstall and it copy back the config, CSS and compliments from the backup location… :)

See script below…

#!/bin/bash

## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Snilles automatic module clone and install script for MM2.
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Don't forget to add your public SSH key to your GIT profile!
## If you don't, nothing will be cloned!

## If you don't have an SSH key. This is how you get one.
## Generate SSH key(s).
# cd ~
# ssh-keygen -t rsa

## Press: Enter, Enter, Enter...

## See the public Key...
# cat /home/pi/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

## Copy the SSH public key and add it to your GIT SSH keys on GitHUB.

## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Config below.
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# System to install (what config to use).
## Housesystems Server Install
Toinstall='house'
## NUC install (On the actual Mirror, this is not used anymore)
#Toinstall='NUC'

# Real Name of the config file.
ConfigName='config.js'

## The Install Folder.
## Local install.
## On NUC
#User='/home/snille'
## On Raspberry Pi
#User='/home/pi'
## Install om Homesystems Server.
User='/var/www/html/magicmirror'

## The module install directory.
Moddir=$User'/MagicMirror/modules'

## Configuration and other files backup location (from previous installation).
DownloadFrom='https://yoursite.com/mmbackup/'

## Configuration file. 
Files[1]='config-'$Toinstall'.js'
## Where to put the Configuration file.
Dirs[1]=$User'/MagicMirror/config/'

## Custom CSS file.
Files[2]='custom.css'
## Where to put the CSS file.
Dirs[2]=$User'/MagicMirror/css/'

## Custom screen on/off scripts.
Files[3]='screen.sh'
## Where to put the screen script files.
Dirs[3]=$User'/'

## Not used moved to "screen.sh"
#Files[4]='turnoffscreen.sh'
#Dirs[4]=$User'/'
#Files[5]='turnonscreen.sh'
#Dirs[5]=$User'/'

## Custom Magic Mirror update script.
Files[6]='update.sh'
## Where to put the update script file.
Dirs[6]=$User'/'

## Custom compliment files.
Files[7]='compliments-Snille.json'
## Where to put the compliment file.
Dirs[7]=$User'/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/'

Files[8]='compliments-Camilla.json'
Dirs[8]=$User'/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/'

Files[9]='compliments-Louise.json'
Dirs[9]=$User'/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/'

#Files[10]='compliments-Martin.json'
#Dirs[10]=$User'/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/'

# Start file for the MagigMirror
Files[11]='MacigMirror.sh'
Dirs[11]=$User'/'

## Package file
Packfile='package.json'

## All the modules repos from Git.
Repos[1]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-HideAll.git'
Repos[2]='git@github.com:matteodanelli/MMM-cryptocurrency.git'
Repos[3]='git@github.com:basknol/MMM-Globe.git'
Repos[4]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-Modulebar.git'
Repos[5]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-ModuleScheduler.git'
Repos[6]='git@github.com:CatoAntonsen/MMM-MotionEye.git'
Repos[7]='git@github.com:Gyran/MMM-plex-recently-added.git'
Repos[8]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-Profilepicture.git'
Repos[9]='git@github.com:tosti007/MMM-ProfileSwitcher.git'
Repos[10]='git@github.com:Jopyth/MMM-Remote-Control.git'
Repos[11]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-Sonos.git'
Repos[12]='git@github.com:brobergp/MMM-TextClock.git'
Repos[13]='git@github.com:tosti007/MMM-TouchNavigation.git'
Repos[14]='git@github.com:bugsounet/MMM-Tools.git'
Repos[15]='git@github.com:timdows/MMM-JsonTable.git'
Repos[16]='git@github.com:derekn/MMM-TautulliActivity.git'
#Repos[17]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-IFTTT.git' # For development of the IFTTT module, the one below is used.
Repos[18]='git@github.com:jc21/MMM-IFTTT.git'
Repos[19]='git@github.com:NolanKingdon/MMM-MoonPhase.git'
Repos[20]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-homeassistant-sensors.git'
#Repos[21]='git@github.com:schnibel/MMM-Memo.git' # Replaced by module below, I changed some things.
Repos[22]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-Memo.git'
Repos[23]='git@github.com:almerica/MMM-ImageFit.git'
Repos[24]='git@github.com:Snille/MMM-Videoplayer.git'
Repos[25]='git@github.com:MartinGris/MMM-GoogleMaps-Tracking.git'

## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Start!
cd "$Moddir"
for t in "${Repos[@]}"
	do
		git clone $t
		#echo "Cloning $t"
done

echo "Cloning Done."
echo "Now npm installing..."

for f in *;
	do
		if [[ -d $f ]]; then
			installmodule=$(basename $f)
			[[ $installmodule =~ ^(default|node_modules)$ ]] && continue
			cd "$installmodule"
			if [ -e "$Packfile" ]; then
#				npm install --production
				npm install
			fi
			cd ".."
		fi
	done

echo "Download and install done."
echo "Now restoring backup files from $DownloadFrom."

## Counts through the array of files (and uses the dirs to know where to put them).
for ((i=1; i<=${#Files[@]}; i++)); do
	if [[ $(wget $DownloadFrom${Files[i]} -O-) ]] 2>/dev/null
	then
		wget $DownloadFrom${Files[i]}
		printf 'Moving %s to %s...\n\n' "${Files[i]}" "${Dirs[i]}"
		mv ${Files[i]} ${Dirs[i]}
	fi
done

## Rename the config.
mv ${Dirs[1]}${Files[1]} ${Dirs[1]}$ConfigName

echo "Installation and restore done!"
echo "You can now start your Magic Mirror."

exit

@pattanner92 I noticed the same with the scheduler, normally cron has MAR as 3 but for some reson the scheduler does not. The month are from 0-11. :)

@cowboysdude Thank you! :)

@Mykle1 I’m not sure of the temp before the heat sink. I never really payed any attention to it. I had already decided to use a big passive heat sink after reading trough some threads here. So I never tried running the mirror without a heat sink when it was built.
But now when it’s all complete, It’s hovering around 50-55 degrees celsius when all is up and running.
Even if I switch profiles, show, hide modules and “use” the mirror so to speak. :)

@PhilsterM9 Hi!
Put simply, the config.js.sample is a “preconfigured” version of config.js (sort of default settings).
Just do:

cd MagicMirror/config
cp config.js.sample config.js

Now when you copied the sample config you can customize your mirror with:

nano config.js

Make the changes you want…

When done restart the magic mirror with pm2 or basically restart the Pi (computer).
If you followed the guide you can use pm2 like this to restart the MagicMirror (only):

pm2 restart mm

Best regards Snille

@cowboysdude Actually it was quite fast only 8 days! :)