Timed automatic backups and/or saves

I too think this is good idea, and was going to vote on it, but at the moment it gives an error if you do so. I have flagged this to the moderators and hopefully it will get fixed soon.

But I will also say I'm skeptical that it will actually be implemented. Have you watched what happens when you select Ctrl+B to start a backup? You will notice that they basically shutdown Quicken except for the "fake main window", do the backup and then restart Quicken. My belief of why it is done this way is because it is the only way they have to be sure everything is synced up and nothing is going to be doing anything while they do the backup. I'm pretty sure people won't want a backup that does that every 30 seconds.

After hitting Ctrl+B, and before hitting Enter:

Just after you hit Enter:

So does this close all windows to perform the backup? If so, do they re-open again right after?

I don't think it matters really, would you like to be going alone entering data or whatever and then you screen goes blank and for a few seconds, and then comes back?

But to answer your question, yes, the windows come back after the backup, but if you are entering data here is what's going to happen (and I think if they bypassed this dialog you would lose your editing of that transaction, or it will be "inconsistent" if they save it automatically because it will now be a saved transaction that hasn't been fully entered).

If this is implemented PLEASE give us the ability to turn it off or on with off as the default. I don't want an auto-backup to occur when I'm in the middle of doing things in the Quicken file.

I already added the ability to make a copy or do a backup to the Custiom Toolbar and can click on it anytime and make a quick backup.

I would hope Quicken would only perform the backup if there was a change made to the data file.

As I am doing work, I may have Quicken open for an hour or so with no changes. I would hate to have a number of backups created during this time period.

@Robert Keesecker Quicken already saves as you go. What it doesn't do is save multiple copies, and that is where "backup" comes in. At its core Quicken is a database, and that database is updated after every save of a transaction. This has actually been a problem for some people that want "undo" which Quicken doesn't have. It is also a very old database that doesn't have the features needed to have an undo.

For what it is worth, this isn't a feature I need, it just one that if they can implement, and implement it in a way that doesn't disrupt the user's normal operations, I can certainly see how it might benefit some people.

Back in the day before the shift to programs that save continuously (and have undo), there was a question and answer that went like this: "How often should I save?", the answer was something like "How much are you willing to redo?".

Clearly the people that come on here and say, "I worked hours entering transactions, and then XXX happened, and now I have lost everything!" Never had to live with programs that didn't auto save/have undo.

Unfortunately Quicken Windows fundamental core systems keeps it in that old era category.

The main reason I don't need a system like this is because I'm fully aware of Quicken's limitations and I have a system that provides me with a backup of the data file as it was before I started a given session, and I go in often, do what amounts to just one day or so of downloading, and get out. Small, frequent, instead of delayed, long sessions. And I don't keep Quicken running all the time.