Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10
On Windows, I have been using CryptSync for ages and it has never failed me. Easy to setup and works on any cloud storage. I also use it to go back and forth on multiple desktops through cloud storage while maintaining encryption and with little patient/delay it always come through as it is an eventually becomes consistence. Small blurb from the author: CryptSync is a small utility that synchronizes two folders while encrypting the contents in one folder. That means one of the two folders has all files unencrypted (the files you work with) and the other folder has all the files encrypted. Link: CryptSync - Stefans Tools (stefankueng.com) <https://tools.stefankueng.com/CryptSync.html> (https://tools.stefankueng.com/CryptSync.html) Warm regards, Kalpesh . -- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:45:53 -0700 From: John Ralls mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us> > To: stepbystepf...@comcast.net <mailto:stepbystepf...@comcast.net> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10 Message-ID: <35b18ec8-b6ac-41ba-b3d6-df89e7efa...@ceridwen.us <mailto:35b18ec8-b6ac-41ba-b3d6-df89e7efa...@ceridwen.us> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Apr 27, 2021, at 6:49 AM, Michael or Penny Novack mailto:stepbystepf...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > On 4/26/2021 12:44 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote: >> Just copy the main data file. >> I copy it from my iMac to my Linux laptop for a backup and to a Windows 10 laptop for a backup to my Linux laptop. >> Any reports you create will require copying a different file though. > > > Just a suggestion from somebody who went through recovery after a > house fire << we did have data recovery coverage and ONE of the drives > of ONE of the computers was not too smoke damaged for the recovery lab > to get the data from that one; the rest, no dice. And if we had not > had that rider on our policy, the cost would have been prohibitive >> > > Maybe not every time, but once in a while, maybe monthly, make a copy of the data on your machines to either ROM medium or an external drive that will reside elsewhere (not in the same building). Ours (now) goes onto a drive that lives in a fire safe in the barn, only at risk of "same building" when brought into the house to make the backup. Of course you COULD use a "cloud server" but I do not care to allow third party access to my data. > > If you are a business, your accountant SHOULD be telling you to do this as "standard procedure" for a business. I guess the barn would be OK if you don't live in California where whole towns go up in smoke. Cloud storage is IMO an ideal backup medium because not only is it far away it's likely replicated to multiple data centers. If you're concerned that the cloud provider's encryption isn't sufficient you can layer your own on top of it. macOS provides an encrypted disk image that I've used for several years with Google Drive, but there are a couple of Windows solutions that have caused trouble in the past so test thoroughly before committing to any utility. Regards, John Ralls ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10
For Windows, and I'm sure there are Mac solutions as well, I've been using CryptSync with good success. It copies from your hard drive to your cloud directory on your computer and it encrypts it. The cloud agent then sync's that directory to the cloud provider. https://github.com/stefankueng/CryptSync Michael On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 10:53 AM John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Apr 27, 2021, at 6:49 AM, Michael or Penny Novack < > stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On 4/26/2021 12:44 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote: > >> Just copy the main data file. > >> I copy it from my iMac to my Linux laptop for a backup and to a Windows > 10 laptop for a backup to my Linux laptop. > >> Any reports you create will require copying a different file though. > > > > > > Just a suggestion from somebody who went through recovery after a house > fire << we did have data recovery coverage and ONE of the drives of ONE of > the computers was not too smoke damaged for the recovery lab to get the > data from that one; the rest, no dice. And if we had not had that rider on > our policy, the cost would have been prohibitive >> > > > > Maybe not every time, but once in a while, maybe monthly, make a copy of > the data on your machines to either ROM medium or an external drive that > will reside elsewhere (not in the same building). Ours (now) goes onto a > drive that lives in a fire safe in the barn, only at risk of "same > building" when brought into the house to make the backup. Of course you > COULD use a "cloud server" but I do not care to allow third party access to > my data. > > > > If you are a business, your accountant SHOULD be telling you to do this > as "standard procedure" for a business. > > I guess the barn would be OK if you don't live in California where whole > towns go up in smoke. > > Cloud storage is IMO an ideal backup medium because not only is it far > away it's likely replicated to multiple data centers. If you're concerned > that the cloud provider's encryption isn't sufficient you can layer your > own on top of it. macOS provides an encrypted disk image that I've used for > several years with Google Drive, but there are a couple of Windows > solutions that have caused trouble in the past so test thoroughly before > committing to any utility. > > Regards, > John Ralls > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10
> On Apr 27, 2021, at 6:49 AM, Michael or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 4/26/2021 12:44 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote: >> Just copy the main data file. >> I copy it from my iMac to my Linux laptop for a backup and to a Windows 10 >> laptop for a backup to my Linux laptop. >> Any reports you create will require copying a different file though. > > > Just a suggestion from somebody who went through recovery after a house fire > << we did have data recovery coverage and ONE of the drives of ONE of the > computers was not too smoke damaged for the recovery lab to get the data from > that one; the rest, no dice. And if we had not had that rider on our policy, > the cost would have been prohibitive >> > > Maybe not every time, but once in a while, maybe monthly, make a copy of the > data on your machines to either ROM medium or an external drive that will > reside elsewhere (not in the same building). Ours (now) goes onto a drive > that lives in a fire safe in the barn, only at risk of "same building" when > brought into the house to make the backup. Of course you COULD use a "cloud > server" but I do not care to allow third party access to my data. > > If you are a business, your accountant SHOULD be telling you to do this as > "standard procedure" for a business. I guess the barn would be OK if you don't live in California where whole towns go up in smoke. Cloud storage is IMO an ideal backup medium because not only is it far away it's likely replicated to multiple data centers. If you're concerned that the cloud provider's encryption isn't sufficient you can layer your own on top of it. macOS provides an encrypted disk image that I've used for several years with Google Drive, but there are a couple of Windows solutions that have caused trouble in the past so test thoroughly before committing to any utility. Regards, John Ralls ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10
On 4/26/2021 12:44 PM, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote: Just copy the main data file. I copy it from my iMac to my Linux laptop for a backup and to a Windows 10 laptop for a backup to my Linux laptop. Any reports you create will require copying a different file though. Just a suggestion from somebody who went through recovery after a house fire << we did have data recovery coverage and ONE of the drives of ONE of the computers was not too smoke damaged for the recovery lab to get the data from that one; the rest, no dice. And if we had not had that rider on our policy, the cost would have been prohibitive >> Maybe not every time, but once in a while, maybe monthly, make a copy of the data on your machines to either ROM medium or an external drive that will reside elsewhere (not in the same building). Ours (now) goes onto a drive that lives in a fire safe in the barn, only at risk of "same building" when brought into the house to make the backup. Of course you COULD use a "cloud server" but I do not care to allow third party access to my data. If you are a business, your accountant SHOULD be telling you to do this as "standard procedure" for a business. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10
Just copy the main data file. I copy it from my iMac to my Linux laptop for a backup and to a Windows 10 laptop for a backup to my Linux laptop. Any reports you create will require copying a different file though. On 4/26/21 12:26 PM, Ed Fields wrote: Is there a means to port my gnuCash financial data files? Thanks ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- Old Unix programmers never die, they just mv to /dev/null - Anonymous ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10
Hi, On Mon, April 26, 2021 12:26 pm, Ed Fields wrote: > Is there a means to port my gnuCash financial data files? Sure. Just copy them over. It's just a data file, just like a word document is a data file. > Thanks > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Thinking about Moving to MacOS from Win 10
Is there a means to port my gnuCash financial data files? Thanks ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
