Are you backing up to Dropbox?

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RickO said:

A thought about security when backing up to Dropbox... Keep in mind that a Quicken file, even if it has a file password, is not encrypted. Any backups Quicken creates are also not encrypted. It is an easy matter for someone with some basic knowledge of the file structure to get all the details contained therein. Therefore, storing a Quicken generated backup on Dropbox is essentially no more secure than storing your financial info, account numbers, etc. on Dropbox in a text file. If you trust Dropbox enough to do this, then fine. 

Personally, I don't trust Dropbox to that extent. Therefore, I have a script that automatically runs when I quit Quicken that locally encrypts my file, compresses it, and stores copies that to a Dropbox folder. I feel more comfortable doing it this way.

If at some point Quicken introduces the ability to encrypt its files when password protected, then my script will no longer be necessary (for me).

UPDATE: Quicken 5.8.0+ adds the ability to encrypt the file (and therefore its backups) if password protected.

Hey RickO.

Care to share the script you've generated for encrypting a Quicken Mac data, compress and backup to Dropbox?

I think this would be something extremely useful to have for Quicken Mac users.

I am a complete dope when it comes to creating Mac scripts.  I would have zero clue.  

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RickO said:

A thought about security when backing up to Dropbox... Keep in mind that a Quicken file, even if it has a file password, is not encrypted. Any backups Quicken creates are also not encrypted. It is an easy matter for someone with some basic knowledge of the file structure to get all the details contained therein. Therefore, storing a Quicken generated backup on Dropbox is essentially no more secure than storing your financial info, account numbers, etc. on Dropbox in a text file. If you trust Dropbox enough to do this, then fine. 

Personally, I don't trust Dropbox to that extent. Therefore, I have a script that automatically runs when I quit Quicken that locally encrypts my file, compresses it, and stores copies that to a Dropbox folder. I feel more comfortable doing it this way.

If at some point Quicken introduces the ability to encrypt its files when password protected, then my script will no longer be necessary (for me).

UPDATE: Quicken 5.8.0+ adds the ability to encrypt the file (and therefore its backups) if password protected.

RickO, thanks for sharing in such detail!