[moneydance] current balance is old?

[Fuzzy Fox]

Ruth Harris <starshiphome at inboxemail.com> wrote:
>
> It is really not advisable to leave any program open for days at
> a time. This is the kind of thing that can really trash a file or
> program if something unexpected happens - like a computer lockup.

Most corrupted files occur with programs that open files and then leave
them open, peppering them with updates throughout their execution time.
Files that are being updated are always the most at risk.

Moneydance, however, only opens and reads your data into memory once at
startup, and only writes that data out when you tell it to save, or when
you quit.

So, if you are leaving the program running for days and you do not Save
before you stop using the program, you are not at risk of a corrupted
file, but you ARE at the risk of losing the data you just entered.

If you always remember to save before sliding the program aside, though,
I can't see any risk to leaving the program running.  Though, to be
honest, I also don't see any benefit, either.  Moneydance has always
started up rather quickly for me.

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