Dear MYOB Product Team, I am writing on behalf of our accounting practice regarding the recent removal of the offline backup function in MYOB AccountRight 2026.5. We are extremely concerned that th...
Hello Manita
Thank you for concisely expressing the concerns of many MYOB users.
I am horrified that MYOB has removed the ability to store backups offline. I have read MYOB's reasons for removing this facility and none of those reasons make sense.
I hope that MYOB comes to its senses.
Sincerely
Jeni
Hi Doc,
Apparently FGH Tables can change an AR2026.6 file back to AR2026.5 so a MYOB server backup can be opened offline without any issues.
Obviously best solution would be for MYOB to re-instate even for read-only offline access.
Regards
Gavin
Hi gavin12345
Yes I had heard of that service but it predicates on being able to get and download your backup which we can no longer do easily - and if we go through support and get a paid backup copy - not quick - we can't use it and open it until it is rolled back assuming this service is available on any copy after 2026.5.
I am investigating being able to do the same thing - but time is not on my side - I can open the 2026.5 data file and have successfully altered parameters without AR SE throwing a wobbly.
My biggest gripe at this juncture is the inability to backup to a local drive anyway to get a copy of our datafile.
Regards The Doc
