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Quickbooks Pro Desktop and DropBox

Quickbooks Pro Desktop and DropBox

pcohenchicago
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I have been wanting to use Quickbooks Desktop on multiple computers.  I don't share it with anyone else but need access to it from a couple of different computers depending on my situation.  I was having sync issues where there would be conflicted copies, etc.  I know this is because the other computers that are syncing with DropBox and are on are causing sync issues.  What I have been doing now is to pause syncing from teh computer I am working on before I launch Quickbooks.  Once I am done using Quickbooks I close it then turn on syncing.  Things seems to be better and I am not getting the conflicted copy issues.  SInce I am a single user, it feels like that is the best strategy.  Anyone else doing something different that works?

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Mark
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I, personally, think thats the best strategy with lots of backups JUST IN CASE! 🙂

 


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Mark
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I, personally, think thats the best strategy with lots of backups JUST IN CASE! 🙂

 


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DavidRansier
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What do you think of the idea of Backing up to Dropbox, then Open the Backup on the other computer. My wife carrys a thumb drive back and forth. I'm going to suggest using DropBox instead.

sschenquerman
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I tried to work with the same problem.  I looks like that you need to wait until all files are syncronized with the Dropbox server.  However, i still find the whole process not as quick as I expected. Sometimes I find that work done on another computer does not reflect on the one working on.

 

Does anybody have any other alternative?

NJongebloed
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I will be using Quickbooks on Multiple Computers. I'm new to Quickbooks but a long time fan of DropBox and working from multiple machines.  

I will be interested to see how I can "share" my QuickBooks Files with my Accountant and Bookkeeper. Perhaps I will "share" the File Location of the Quickbook resources and make certain that they are too following this same procedure.

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