[GNC] Single User two Geographically Separate Computers

[David Carlson]

That's the way we used to do before cloud services existed.   It still
works for backups,  it is air gapped from the internet and its risks,  and
it also works for data transport.

We used to call it the sneakernet.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 9:04 AM Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a non-cloud alternative to being able to use GnuCash in multiple
> locations on multiple devices. It involves keeping both GnuCash and
> associated files on a removable media, like thumb drive, and
> transporting/using the thumb drive at each location. I've only read about
> this, I don't have experience doing it.
>
> Kind regards, Greg Feneis
> (Pixel 3)
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 22:02 Peter Williamson <pwandww at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > Hi Dean
> > Thanks very much. I will now look further at cloud storage and
> > arrangements for AQBanking.
> > Peter
> >
> > > On 21 February 2021 at 17:00 Dean Gibson <gnucash.stuff at mailpen.com
> > mailto:gnucash.stuff at mailpen.com > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >     This is what I do, & it works fine.  Note that settings, including
> > >     AQBanking info, is stored in folders in your user area on each
> > machine.
> > >     You can also share those through OneDrive, but that's a bit
> advanced.
> > >
> > >
> > >     On 2021-02-20 19:40, Peter Williamson wrote:
> > >
> > >         > > Hi
> > > >
> > > >         I am a new gnucash user and would like operate as a single
> > user on two geographically separated computers. I would use each computer
> > on alternate months depending on my location at the time.
> > > >
> > > >         I am not very computer literate and I am proposing to use
> > Onedrive to store my gnucash files and then access them from whichever of
> > the computers is in my current location.
> > > >
> > > >         Would this work? Is there a better way of achieving this
> > operating setup?
> > > >
> > > >         Peter
> > > >
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