Peter This works fine within the limitations of the particular offline storage system you use. I currently have a number of my GnuCash files for personal finances stored in a folder and subfolders in my Dropbox account which I can currently access from any of my desktop, and two mobile laptops.
I previously also had more devices synced until recent changes in Dropbox policy restricted the number of devices to 3 on a free account. I have accessed them while travelling within Australia and internationally with no problems. Dropbox syncs Dropbox folders on each device to the Dropbox server and each other. Changes made on one computer usually appear on the others within minutes unless Dropbox has a server outage. This serves as aform of offsite backup of my financial records to some extent although I do use other backup strategies to a NAS and another offsite storage system periodically. I also copy the GnuCash files to a location on my hard disk on my backuponce a week using a cron job(Linux) and this location is included in my usual backup strategy. I could do this more frequently as necessary depending on workflow. My desktop and laptop are synced at least daily as well. You have to be able to live within the limitations of the storage provided in a free account unless you are prepared to pay for additional storage but other wise it works well. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.