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December 13: National Back Up Your Data Day

BobKamman
Level 15

I know, it’s a day late, but so was my backup after I had to wait until my computer was repaired. I recently moved to a new office, and in the confusion my friend the volunteer hardware installer used a burnt-out UPS (uninterrupted power supply) that had remained at the old office because, have you ever tried to dispose of one? And I didn’t notice. A power surge Thursday afternoon fried the “fuse” in the mini-PC that protects the mother board, and I was lucky to find someone Friday to fix it overnight.

My New Year’s resolution now is to find the best way to automatically backup my data to the cloud, on a regular basis. Suggestions are welcome.

December 13, of course, is not only Taylor Swift’s birthday (age 36), but the birthday of Dick Van **bleep**, who turned 100. He used to have a home here in the Phoenix area, and the story that was told is that it did not have a kitchen. Because, all the meals were catered. I’m not sure that’s true, but it seems like an admirable goal in life.

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IRonMaN
Level 15

I’ve used Carbonite for years and I know a lot of other folks here also use it.


Slava Ukraini!

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IRonMaN
Level 15

I’ve used Carbonite for years and I know a lot of other folks here also use it.


Slava Ukraini!
abctax55
Level 15

Carbonate for me.

I'm in the middle of a complete backup/restore of ALL my data from my 'pseudo' server to an new desktop. It does take a while, but I like knowing all I have to do it step over to the newer 'pooter & I'm back in business. Well, except for 'new' stuff. But that doesn't take long, as Carbonite will now just back up/restore the new stuff.  Just be sure you can retrieve AND use the back-ups. Because Lacerte uses five/six different files per client, it gets a bit tricky.  I'm not familiar with PS's file structure.

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BobKamman
Level 15

@abctax55 The false promise of Intuit recently was that more than one answer can be marked as "best."  Yours, of course, is even better than that of @IRonMaN , except maybe he got the name of the company correct.  But I can't mark it as such.  Oh well.  

IRonMaN
Level 15

I thought I read somewhere that Carbonate is the higher level version of Carbonite designed specifically for Lacerte users 😜


Slava Ukraini!
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sjrcpa
Level 15

Interesting that the censor bleeped Dick's last name. At one time around here Dick was bleeped, too.


The more I know the more I don’t know.
BobKamman
Level 15

Have to remember not to mention Hans Brinker around here.  

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