Make A Backup For Quickbooks Password For The

Make A Backup For Quickbooks Password For The

Before backing up your QuickBooks company file on a Mac computer, configure the programs backup preferences to designate a save location and security password for the backup file.

Launch QuickBooks for Mac.

Click the QuickBooks tab in the main menu bar, and then select Preferences followed by Backup to open the Backup preferences dialog window.

Click to enable the Automatically back up company files every check box, and then choose your preferred time interval from the drop-down menu; for example, 2 hours.

Also enable the Automatically back up company files when closing check box if you want QuickBooks to back up data each time you exit the program.

Click the Save backup files in drop-down menu button and choose your preferred save location for the backup file.

Use an external hard drive if you have one available, or select a folder on the Time Machine drive if you use the integrated Apple Time Machine backup system.

Click to enable the Overwrite last backup check box if you want to save disk space and automatically overwrite the previous backup file with the latest version.

Click to enable the Encrypt files with password check box, and then click the Change button to set a new password.

Skip this step if you dont want to password-protect the backup file.

Select the Save attached aocuments library check box to store a copy of all attached documents, such as invoices and purchase orders, with your company file in the backup.

QuickBooks will now use your preferences to back up the company file.

Click File in the main menu, and then select Backup in the drop-down menu to back up data at any time.

Warnings The information in this article applies to QuickBooks for Mac 2013.

It may differ slightly or significantly for other versions of the program.

Tips QuickBooks saves your backup data as a disk image file with the.DMG file extension.

To restore a backup, double-click the DMG file to mount it, and then drag the company file with the.QB2013 extension to your preferred computer folder.

You can then open the backup company file with the attached document library from the QuickBooks Preferences menu.

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How To Make A Backup For Quickbooks Mac