Re: Quicken file size - should I reduce?

John Pollard said

> On 07/19/24 12:21 PM, JohnSmith wrote:
>> John Pollard said
>> 
>>> On 07/18/24 9:31 AM, JohnSmith wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My quicken data file is 118Meg.  Quicken is also starting to run a
>>>> little slow (Via satallite internet).  I'm thinking about reducing
>>>> the filesize to speed things up.  Any thought on this?
>>>
>>> I recommend against the typical approach to reduce the size of your
>>> file; namely "Archiving" data.
>>>
>>> Your existing file is not that large - mine is 343mb and I have no
>>> meaningful response time problems.
>>>
>>>
>>> Quicken file size plays virtually no part in Quicken response time.
>>> And I don't see how your Quicken file size coupled with your
>>> internet connection speed could meaningfully affect anything except
>>> online-backups.
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Thanks again John