[GNC] Single User two Geographically Separate Computers

[Peter Williamson]

Hi David
Thanks very much for your comprehensive reply. I am now more confident about using a cloud option. I will look at Drop Box as well as OneDrive.
Peter

> On 21 February 2021 at 17:26 David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com mailto:davidcousens at bigpond.com > wrote:
> 
> 
>     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
> 
> 
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