How do you Sync Quicken data files?

Yes, indeed. That is exactly what would happen.

Sounds like a good idea for a 3rd party app..... Google'ing provided a few suggestions. This one had a number of accolades on its site

If you're just looking to add entries use Quicken's Web Entry , which already works with Quicken and has for years.

Thanks....that's the idea (sync'ing as opposed to backup)....but a couple of details: SPB Finance only Synchronization with Intuit Quicken (2003 - 2006)...I have Q2008. Also, not clear if this is a laptop to desktop product. Their web info seems to only say a PDA to desktop/laptop.

But this is the idea.

As for Web Entry method, this is what I pulled up on hte Intuit link furnished by Andrew: " This service is temporarily unavailable. We are working to restore service as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience."

I would prefer a standalone approach, and not depend upon the Internet.

Any other ideas out there? Cheers & Thanks, Jim

The keyword here is temporary. Prior to getting Pocket Quicken I used web entry a lot. Worked fine.

Assuming you don't need to enter data from both machines at the same time, you could try something like FolderShare

or BeInSync which will keep the files in sync between the computers. Only caveat is that they both have to be connected to the net at some time. I used FolderShare and works great for this. Good Luck..

Yes, what I'm wondering is is anyone synchronizes multiple entries on 2 PCs, as opposed to backups. I use SyncBack, which is probably similar to BeInSync, and it does not have that capability. It looks at time-stamps, which will not accomplish the data sych of my example in my orig post. Also, both PCs are not on at the same time. I can't say when and where my wife's laptop is, but would like to sych her data entry with mine on my desktop.

Thanks for your interest and sharing your post. Cheers, Jim

If you have a local network and some attached storage, you could put your Quicken data files on a network share, map that share to a drive letter on 2 PCs connected to your local network, and update the Quicken dataset from either PC as long as you don't do it simultaneously. It's pretty simple to do with a router and an inexpensive ($80 + disk/and-or/flash drive) file server like a Linksys NSLU2.

If you absolutely need offline updates to two distinct local Quicken datasets then you'll need some very smart, probably unavailable, synchronization software.

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This is supposedto work, but does depend on reliable intercomputer connections. That means you have to trust things like the ActionTec router that Verizon supplies.

Especially if you go this route, backups are your friends!

I guess I'll stick with the manual backup method through SyncBack, since backups are still required. Just thought there might be a more elegant and inexpensive way to do sync'ing kind of like MS Outlook does. Thanks to all the previous posters for sharing their experiences.

Cheers, Jim

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