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Bcalm
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Transferring data from practice management software
I use practice management software in my veterinary practice. All medical records are updated in real time. At the end of each day, my staff creates a backup copy on a thumb drive, about 643 MB. I...
- 7 years ago
Hi again, just want to let you know that it worked perfectly, just takes some time to show up on various computers depending on internet speed.
The solution was to use the app instead of the website.
The overall process we developed was to save a backup of practice data to a thumb drive, and then upload it to Dropbox from that thumb drive, and then in another location do the reverse-- download to a thumbdrive and restore to the practice management software.
Thanks for your help.
Barbara
Bcalm
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hi again, just want to let you know that it worked perfectly, just takes some time to show up on various computers depending on internet speed.
The solution was to use the app instead of the website.
The overall process we developed was to save a backup of practice data to a thumb drive, and then upload it to Dropbox from that thumb drive, and then in another location do the reverse-- download to a thumbdrive and restore to the practice management software.
Thanks for your help.
Barbara
Mark
Super User II
7 years agoOne word of warning on this - Databases and Dropbox do not play together well. So, please make sure it syncs FULLY to a green tick before you open it on the laptop AND when you are finished with it at the end of the evening it syncs back to Dropbox's cloud with a green tick again before you shut down (you will probably need to close the software to let it do this)
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