[GNC] new to Gnucash - help with general information

[Geoff]

You make a good point Fred, and I have seen people on this list who keep 
their GnuCash data in the cloud too.

Although this changes the risk profile, it does not eliminate the need 
for a backup system.

Regards

Geoff
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On 12/09/2022 5:07 am, Fred Bone wrote:
> On 11 September 2022 at 9:59, Michael or Penny Novack said:
> 
>>
>>>     5.  Geoff is also correct here that gnucash saves backup so you don't
>>>     lose data, but backuping up to another media is always a good idea.
>>>
>> And asking this question "how do I back-up my gnucash data?" implies a
>> more serious misunderstanding about using your computer. It isn't just
>> just gnucash data that needs to be backed up but ALL your user data. And
>> if you have adopted a plan to back up ALL your user data, gnucash data
>> would be included in that, so no need to have a back-up plan specific to
>> gnucash.
> 
> You do realise that these days many people do all their email via
> webmail, and all their word processing, spreadsheets and so on on Google
> Docs or suchlike "in the cloud", and may find that Gnucash is the only
> application that keeps their data locally?
> 
> 
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