Just a newbie question:
I want to get everyone on the same platform. Our Secretary has 8.5 and our Treasurer has 8.0. I am going to install 8.5 on the Treasurer's new latptop computer. Seems to me that I install 8.5 on the laptop first. Then, I back up the 8.0 data from her home computer. I then import the 8.0 backup data into 8.5. Not quite sure of the exact steps in 8.5 to make a clean upload.
John
Upgrading from 8 to 8.5
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Upgrading from 8 to 8.5
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You will want to install v8.5 on the old computer first. You won't be able to restore a v8 backup into v85.
After installing v8.5 on the old computer, go ahead and start the new program up for the first time, you will be asked if you have a prior version that you are upgrading from. At this point, choose Yes, and point to the directory where version 8 is installed. The program will do the rest for you.
In v8.5, make a backup, which you can then restore onto the v85 installation on the new laptop.
After installing v8.5 on the old computer, go ahead and start the new program up for the first time, you will be asked if you have a prior version that you are upgrading from. At this point, choose Yes, and point to the directory where version 8 is installed. The program will do the rest for you.
In v8.5, make a backup, which you can then restore onto the v85 installation on the new laptop.
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Thanks for the assist.
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and you cry alone: for this weary old earth, Is in need of your mirth, It has troubles enough of its own."
- Ella Wilcox
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