Maintenance

To restore a backup

 

Note: This task requires single-user access. (Single-user file locking)

Note:  You can use other programs to restore backups

A company file should be open.

  1. Be sure you've made all the accounting entries you want to include in the company file you're currently using.


  2. Choose Restore from the File menu.


    If you marked the Prompt for Data Backup When Closing selection in the Preferences window, an alert message appears, asking you whether you want to back up the company file you're currently using. Make the choice you want.
    Note:  If you can't perform a restoration
  1. A box appears. In this box, go to the Backup folder (or the location where your backups are stored) and locate the backup you want to restore. When you've found the backup, click Open.


  2. AccountEdge: Another dialog box appears, allowing you to select the location where the backed-up company file will be restored. Select a location from the drop-down list and click Open.

    An alert message shows you what the decompressed file will be named and where it will be located after it's decompressed. Click OK to decompress the backup. When the restore process is complete, AccountEdge will reappear, and the company file you've just restored will open automatically.

    AccountEdge Network Edition:     The restore process will take a few moments to complete. During the restore process, the company file will be restored and placed in the appropriate folder on the host computer (that is, in the Library/Application Support/AccountEdge NE/Databases folder). The restored company file will use the same name as it previously used, with the addition of the word "old" at the end; for example, a company file named MyFile will be restored as MyFile old. If a file ending in "old" already exists, the filename will also include incrementing numbers (such as My File old 1).


Note:  If you also backed up your templates

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