Quickbooks For The 2015 How To Restore Your

If you have a secondary or backup hard drive available, its a good idea to set the backup location to that drive.

If you use Apples Time Machine, you can choose a folder on the Time Machine drive for your QuickBooks backups.

Its a good idea to set a password (which automatically encrypts your backup file) if youre backing up to Time Machine or to a cloud solution like Dropbox or Skydrive.

If youre the only user on the computer and youre backing up to a private secondary drive, you probably dont need a password.

Once its encrypted and passworded, your backed up data cannot be unencrypted without your passwordnot even by us at Intuit.

Tip: If you use attachments, we think its a good idea to choose this option.

Ive seen what happens when a user does thatit creates a huge mess.

A new window will open, containing your file, attachments library, and restore instructions.

Double-click on the Restore Instructions icon to open the PDF.

Quickbooks For The 2015 How To Restore Your

This will tell you step-by-step how to restore your company file and attachments library.

Drag the company file (with the.qb2020 extension) where you want it to be.

Tip: We recommend that you put your Attached Documents Library in the same place as your company file.

For the last few years, Liz has used QuickBooks for Mac to track the many expenses she incurs as a travel, food, and lifestyle writer.

The author of The Imperfect Travelers Guide to Traveling With Pain, five Moon Handbook travel guides to California and numerous magazine, newspaper, and blog articles, Liz loves advocating for travelers with hidden disabilities and takes the business of being a sole proprietor seriously.

You can find Liz on the web at travelswithpain.com.

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Quickbooks For The Mac 2015