November 2024
Beginner
448 pages
10h 8m
English
Content preview from QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2025 Edition, 10th Edition
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Chapter 13
Administering the Desktop App, Backups, and Customizable Security
IN THIS CHAPTER
Accessing the QuickBooks Online Advanced desktop app
Backing up and restoring your company
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. It is not related to QuickBooks Enterprise Desktop, which is a separate accounting software offered by Intuit. The desktop app for QuickBooks Online offers the following benefits compared ...
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