[GNC] Backup

Stephen rilesthemtobelieve at gmail.com
Wed Jun 28 19:48:16 EDT 2023


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 <rilesthemtobelieve at 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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