Thanks for posting your question here in the Community, @iamwhatiseem.
I hope you're having a beautiful day so far. Allow me to provide some insight into backing up your company file.
When creating a backup, you'll want to use our Intuit Data Protect to protect your files and folders and schedule backups daily. You can do so by following these steps:
- Open QuickBooks on the computer that stores your company files.
- Navigate to the File menu, hover over Back Up Company, and then pick Setup/Activate Online Backup.
- Sign in with the email you used to sign up for the program (not your QuickBooks login email).
- Once you've completed the setup, click Continue.
- Choose your company file, then hit Continue. If you have the entire PC plan, select the folders you want to backup, then press Continue.
- Check the box for Back up local selected documents and push Continue.
- Pick the files and folders you'd like to back up, schedule your daily backup, then set up your notifications settings to complete the process.
Now you have protected backups of your company files. You also want to keep in mind that the first backup can take several hours, depending on the number of files and sizes of them. The backups after that will only take a few minutes, though. You may find this article helpful after you complete your first backup: Make a backup with Intuit Data Protect.
Please don't hesitate to touch base with me here if you need any additional assistance. I look forward to hearing from you again.
