How to use the same file on a desktop AND a laptop?

Question

I used to be able to go back and forth using a thumb drive, but since they "upgraded" the software, I've all sorts of problems related to download, having to reauthorize the financial institutions.  This is annoying and I can't believe I am the only person who uses a desktop most of the time and only relies on the laptop while traveling.

emily · Answer

I NOW backup the file to my one drive. As I said earlier, I had hoped to avoid problems that occurred with using thumb drive as backup. As I said before , I haven’t yet tried transaction downloads with the file on my laptop that has been “restored “ this way. When I initially tried to open it, the program said the file “belonged” to another user.

emily · Answer

I initially used a thumb drive (acing the file as a backup) to move the file between computers and “restored” that backup file. This used to work beautifully. But after one of the program upgrades, the transaction download didn’t work unless I deactivated each financial institution and then reactivated the connection to them; very annoying if you’ve many financial institutions to connect.

Ps56k2 · Answer

what exact steps are you performing to shuttle your Quicken QDF data file ?

There are several issues with this task, and some techniques may cause data corruption.