Gosh! Heck! Yes! Information wants to be free. There is so much stuff
out there it is hard to determine what is good information and what is
not. It is easy to determine commercial stuff because sooner or later
one will encounter a paywall, right? That is why Askleo is a great
resource. Here's why one needs the security of backups:
https://youtu.be/Z3_4dnaLkSc and also how many resources are available
to one who is willing to do the work:
https://askleo.com/applications/backing-up-and-backup-programs/
Cheers!
On 6/28/2023 5:05 PM, David Carlson wrote:
James
I think that you need a third party primer on how to back up the data
on your computer. Without promoting any particular commercial
products the following U-Tube video may help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFw6kiH52TM
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 4:09 PM Stephen <rilesthemtobeli...@gmail.com>
wrote:
James, you're getting some good advice in the responses you've
received
so far. May I add that it might be useful to review the Gnucash
Tutorial
and Concepts Guide regarding types of files Gnucash makes/uses.
This is
in Chapter 2 (Ver 4 Tutorial) called Backing Up and Recovering Data.
There is a section specifically about backups but this is about
saving
the most recent user file saved going back in time and it uses a
date to
show when it was made. It is useful as an operational tool if you
need
to go backwards to a point in time but it is NOT a backup of your
computer files to a separate location. In other words, if you only
have
1 copy of your file then you do NOT have a secure backup.
There is a lot of information about backing up computer files and
methods to do it. If I may suggest it, go back to basics and get a
good
grounding in how backing up works. It can seem complicated but it
doesn't have to be. Search for backing up and I suggest look at
askleo
(dot) com articles. I am in no way associated with askleo -- just
a fan.
It is critical to get a good handle on backing up your computer files.
Best wishes.
On 6/28/2023 3:35 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
> On 2023-06-28 13:21, David Carlson wrote:
>> James,
>>
>> When your computer fails, your data will be gone unless you, by
your own
>> volition, have made a special plan to back up your data to a
safe and
>> proper external location. Nobody here can tell you if you made
a proper
>> choice. That also goes for all the other data on your computer.
> ...> There is no backup in GnuCash.
>
> And let us be clear, it's not GnuCash's job to do a backup
against the
> possibility of a computer failure. It's not the job of _any_
application
> program to do that. Making backups is a specialized system function.
> Windows itself has a backup program, though I've not heard good
things
> and have never used it, and there are several good third-party
backup
> programs.
>
> One thing is key: if you "back up" to another location on your
computer,
> you have not done a real backup. A real backup is to another
device like
> an external hard drive, one which is connected to your computer
while
> you are making a backup, then immediately disconnected till next
backup
> time. Why is it critical to back up to a different device?
Because if
> your computer crashes, and your backup is on your computer, you
won't
> have access to your backup.
>
> Many people back up to "the cloud". I will say it's better than
nothing,
> but there are potential privacy and security problems with
copying your
> sensitive data to what is, after all, just some big
corporation's computer.
>
> P.S. You mentioned a "backup" by Libre Office. All that does is copy
> your documents somewhere in a folder below AppData. For the
usefulness
> of this, see "if your computer crashes", two paragraphs up.
>
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com <https://BrownMath.com>
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