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About Online Sync
If you have more than one device, such as a Mac, iPad or an iPhone, you might want to use Easy Books on all your devices. You could backup from one and restore on the other, but there isn't an easy way to add information to both devices at the same time. This is the problem that Online Syncing aims to solve. Using the service, you can store a copy of your business data on our secure server. Other devices you own are able to access the business data. And from that point on, the system will keep track of all your devices and keep the accounts in sync. Any changes you make, such as adding a new transaction, or reconciling a statement are passed to other devices.
Continuous Online Backup
You can also use the service on one device, to provide peace of mind. If your Mac is stolen, lost, or damaged, you can restore your accounts to a new Mac easily. And it's difficult to forget to backup with the system running continuously in the background!How it Works
First you'll need an Online Syncing account, available from the web site. When you log in using your username and password, you can turn on syncing for a business, and your data is uploaded to our server. This first full upload is called the snapshot. Typically the upload will take about 10-15 seconds over a WiFi connection. After that, when you make a change to your business data, the changes are queued in the device for upload when the network connection is available. Only the changes are sent, and the upload happens in the background.
The server receives data from many devices, and queues the uploaded data for processing. It only takes a few seconds for the server to process your changes before they are made available to your other devices.
Your other devices check the server for new data when the app is running. The syncing screen shows you when data is being downloaded and processed on the device.
For more details about the system, including how to set up and use it on your Mac, iPhone or iPad, see the Online User Guide.