MYOB Backups
Hi
I've noticed that the latest version of MYOB 2026.5 no longer has the facility for a local backup.
This is problematic for some of my clients as they want to have their own backups on their lo...
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Hi Amanda
this isn't really very helpful especially when MYOB doesn't even tell us how to retrieve our backups from the so called cloud. i think MYOB need to reinstate the option to do Backups offline.
Hey lynnharr​
There are step by step instructions on this page to create an online backup. To learn how to restore online backups, you'll want to check out this page.
Hi Amanda,
You have completely missed the point of the thread...Hi Folks
I read your replies and agree totally - yes we must retain the ability to backup to a local drive - the reasons are numerous and all reasonable and legitimate - however, here is a problem that is and overlay over this entire argument .....
You download a backup of a client's/ or your file today ....... and it is version 2026.5 ...... no problem.
1 year later you need to open it - how do you do that ...... you cannot open locally as the feature has gone.
The only way to view it is to backup the client's or your file online and restore it - and MYOB will come up with 'oh this is format 2026.5 do you want to upgrade it to 2027.4 version' you answer 'no' - then we go into a circular argument which has to be overlayed here - we want to continue being able to open locally somehow...... so we can view data of old, audit, fix someone's file but test it first.
And this then requires MYOB to maintain that ability to open a local file locally ....... the trouble being is eventually the file you have downloaded and stored - maybe in 2027.4 is not going to be opened locally by any utility...... and that is the problem.
This is a whole big can of worms that is going bite MYOB in the rear end - remove this ability and you run into huge problems.
So folks - let us keep fighting for MYOB to allow local storage and ALWAYS an ability to open a local file for review, auditing etc - this is a MUST.
This one of the biggest security problems with XERO that I could not resolve - no backup feature, no download of 'your file' - so in 10 years is XERO going purge data - interesting argument but not for this forum - just a perspective.
The Doc
Only thing achieved by removing offline backups is another push for MYOBs ever increasing slide into irrelevance for Australian Businesses
I access 3 company files 99% of the time online, but wish to keep backups offline for security and future reference
With MYOBs Disgraceful record of support and retrograde progress, how could I ever trust them with MY company back up files only being kept online
Please at least try and do at least one thing right and restore the offline back up option
Hi AmandaMYOB
i don't want to do online backups. We have always saved our own Backups to an external hard drive for ATO Auditing purposes. But now this option has been removed from MYOB when they did the latest upgrade.
Hi Amanda
You have missed the point of our complaint. We know we can create online backups when we want but we want to save the backups locally, not just on your cloud servers. We can see the backups by clicking on restore but there's no way to save those backups on our own devices which is what we want to do.
