[GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10

[Kalpesh Patel]

On Windows, I have been using CryptSync for ages and it has never failed me.
Easy to setup and works on any cloud storage.

 

I also use it to go back and forth on multiple desktops through cloud
storage while maintaining encryption and with little patient/delay it always
come through as it is an eventually becomes consistence.

 

Small blurb from the author: 

CryptSync is a small utility that synchronizes two folders while encrypting
the contents in one folder. That means one of the two folders has all files
unencrypted (the files you work with) and the other folder has all the files
encrypted.

 

Link:  

CryptSync - Stefans Tools (stefankueng.com)
<https://tools.stefankueng.com/CryptSync.html>
(https://tools.stefankueng.com/CryptSync.html)

 

 

Warm regards,

 

Kalpesh .

 

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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:45:53 -0700

From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us> >

To: stepbystepfarm at comcast.net <mailto:stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> 

Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 

Subject: Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10

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> On Apr 27, 2021, at 6:49 AM, Michael or Penny Novack
<stepbystepfarm at comcast.net <mailto:stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> > wrote:

> 

> On 4/26/2021 12:44 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:

>> Just copy the main data file.

>> I copy it from my iMac to my Linux laptop for a backup and to a Windows
10  laptop for a backup to my Linux laptop.

>> Any reports you create will require copying a different file though. 

> 

> 

> Just a suggestion from somebody who went through recovery after a 

> house fire << we did have data recovery coverage and ONE of the drives 

> of ONE of the computers was not too smoke damaged for the recovery lab 

> to get the data from that one; the rest, no dice. And if we had not 

> had that rider on our policy, the cost would have been prohibitive >>

> 

> Maybe not every time, but once in a while, maybe monthly, make a copy of
the data on your machines to either ROM medium or an external drive that
will reside elsewhere (not in the same building). Ours (now) goes onto a
drive that lives in a fire safe in the barn, only at risk of "same building"
when brought into the house to make the backup. Of course you COULD use a
"cloud server" but I do not care to allow third party access to my data.

> 

> If you are a business, your accountant SHOULD be telling you to do this as
"standard procedure" for a business.

 

I guess the barn would be OK if you don't live in California where whole
towns go up in smoke. 

 

Cloud storage is IMO an ideal backup medium because not only is it far away
it's likely replicated to multiple data centers. If you're concerned that
the cloud provider's encryption isn't sufficient you can layer your own on
top of it. macOS provides an encrypted disk image that I've used for several
years with Google Drive, but there are a couple of Windows solutions that
have caused trouble in the past so test thoroughly before committing to any
utility.

 

Regards,

John Ralls