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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2024 Edition
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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2024 Edition

by David H. Ringstrom
November 2023
Beginner content levelBeginner
464 pages
10h 41m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 13

Desktop App, Backups, and Customizable Security

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Accessing the QuickBooks Online Advanced desktop app

Bullet Backing up and restoring your company

Bullet Customizing user rights

In this chapter, I cover some features that are specific to the Advanced version of QuickBooks, including the desktop app that offers a number of benefits over accessing your books via a web browser. I then cover how to back up and restore your company, as opposed to trusting that it will be backed up in the cloud. Granted, Intuit is basing its reputation on keeping everyone’s accounting data safe, but you can never have too many backups. I close the chapter with a discussion of how you can somewhat customize the access that users have to features and reports, including limited access to certain features by location.

Installing the Desktop App

The QuickBooks Online Desktop app is simply an optional user interface for QuickBooks Online that you can install on your macOS or Windows computer. This app is in no way related to QuickBooks Desktop, which is a part of a separate accounting software line offered by Intuit. The desktop app for QuickBooks Online offers the following benefits versus accessing ...

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