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Quickbooks data transfer - merge between office & laptop

Jan 16, 2008 8:33AM PST

How can I add data from one laptop (sales while out of town) to data on my 2nd laptop - which is mostly used as a desktop (chks written, etc) without losing what is on the desktop. Using any of the restore options results in just a mirror image of what is on the source computer & deletes the info that was on the destination computer.

I have done this in the past with an older version of QB when I had to be in and out of the office because of a back injury. Could it be they have added something or taken out something on the new version that i just installed???


(The ONLY solution QB support offers is to backup the desktop to a cd or thumb drive and then immediately update my laptop everytime i input & vice versa, but this is the real world. I don't always have time for that.)
OR they suggest i buy a multiple user version, but They are BOTH my computers, in a 1-girl office (me), and it's for MY business.

OH, and a QB advisor told me of an outside software that he has an interest in that will do it, to the tune of $150 PER COMPUTER.

I know this is long, but I've about gone round the twist on this.
thnx for ANY help.

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150 bucks is a bargain.
Jan 16, 2008 10:34PM PST

I'd do that. No question in my mind....

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Quickbooks data transfer
Jan 17, 2008 2:36AM PST

but it's not $150; it's $150 x 2.(so it's $300) AND it's something i could previously do for free, so it doesn't sit real well.

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Still a bargain.
Jan 18, 2008 12:16AM PST

But I didn't reveal I'm a software author so looking at 300 bucks versus writing it my self I think that it's worth every dime and more.

Bob

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is your business financial information "worth" $150?
Feb 14, 2008 1:05AM PST

We went through a similar issue with QuickBooks Premier recently.

My general take was that Intuit doesn't have a lot of competition anymore. Their inside sales reps though were quite persistent.

The real question for you though...

Rather than stewing about the costs, focus on what that data/information is worth to you and your business.

Don't be penny wise, pound foolish when it comes to having the best financial data decision-making capabilities possible.

Lack of complete information in this area could cause many cascading problems in other area of your business.

Joshua Feinberg, author/editorial director
Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

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Quickbooks data transfer - merge between office & laptop
Apr 2, 2008 11:32PM PDT

What I do is save the data file to my thumb drive and have the application on both the laptop and desktop. I open the file from the thumb drive. This way, I have but one version of the truth.

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quickbooks data transfer
Jun 6, 2008 3:33AM PDT

I am trying to do exactly that but keep getting a message saying that the database is locked and it can't open the file. How did you copy over the file. I just dragged it from the desktop. Did you save it through quickbooks?
Thanks