Is It Safe To Sync Your QuickBooks Data With Dropbox Or SugarSync?

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Hi,

after my external drive died, and I loose all of my photos, i was very angry. Then I tried Dropbox (fine, but not enough space for me), Sugarsync (for me it was very slow), and now I am using Copy.

Normaly, on Copy you have 15GB for free, but if you use this link, and install Copy application to synchronize or backup your data, you will get 20GB for free: https://copy.com?r=zPku0e

[…] Is It Safe To Sync Your QuickBooks Data With Dropbox Or SugarSync? It seems that you want to be careful when trying to sync your QuickBook data file. […]

I've been using QuickBooks with dropbox for a while now. I do run into conflicting version issues and it sucks when it happens. I am tech savvy, but I don't know the technical details behind how dropbox works, so have never done anything beyond making sure I didn't try to open QuickBooks on two computers at the same time.

QuickBooks now actually has online versions for international people in Canada and the UK, although they are somewhat crippled in comparison to the desktop versions and you can't import your existing data to the online version.

On the other hand, if you are in the US, the online version seems fairly robust and you can import your desktop version data online.

The Sugar Sync website specifically lists Outlook.pst, Quicken and Quickbooks as file types that they do not support. I have opted to try "I Drive Sync". I asked them about those file types and they assured me that they were supported. I am trying it out and so far no problems.

The folks that posted in the referenced articles have accounting backgrounds and like most advice from accountants on anything it tends toward the ultra-conservative. From my more IT-savvy background, this advice is not entirely accurate from a technical perspective:

To avoid the described file corruption, the database server for Quickbooks needs to be stopped prior to copying the file (in either direction) and then restarted prior to starting Quickbooks. Setting this process up entails technical skills likely beyond those without IT training and experience; that said, if an experienced Quickbooks installer with solid Windows admin skills implemented, documented and trained an end-user to opreate this process, it is really not that big of a deal. I have set this up in numerous situations to support automated file system backup scenarios and it does work flawlessly when managed properly.

Note that the advice provided with respect to online storage (DropBox etc.) applies to thumb drives and other portable storage device as well.

For those of us not in the US (ie. Canada/Caribbean/etc) there is no online version that is available (that I’m aware of).

Would be interesting to see what others are doing (instead of paying loads of cash for a hosted solution via remote desktop/etc).

if you need/want your quickbooks data "synched" or available anywhere, use the "Quickbooks Online" edition… data is always available from any computer anywhere with internet access when you log in, backed-up automatically, and updates by quickbooks happen automatically. I've been using it for several years and it's great! No data on the actual machine to worry about securing, backing-up, losing, etc.