Re: Archiving

I need to revise one of my statements. The majority of the startup time
probably is not due to parsing the data file, because when I switch from
another file (my mother's account) to my account, it takes only about 5
seconds. So that would be the file parsing time.

-Gordon

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Gordon Alley <[email protected]>wrote:

> I'm on an iMac 2008 with 4GB of RAM, and I don't use encryption.
>
> My Backup preferences are set to keep 5 daily backups, and do an autosave
> every 5 minutes.
>
> It takes about 15 seconds to launch, from the time I click on the document
> shortcut icon in the Dock, until the MD home window appears in all its
> glory. I presume most of that time is spent reading and parsing the data
> file.
>
> I've never been aware of when backups or autosaves are happening.
>
> -Gordon
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Jerry Rubinow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a large file also, going back to the early 1990s.  However for me,
>> every time MD makes a backup in the background, the program freezes for 15
>> or 20 seconds while it's writing and/or encrypting the file.  Extremely
>> annoying.
>>
>> I'm on Windows with (obviously) encryption and autosave turned on.  What
>> is
>> everyone else running such that they're not getting these pauses?
>>
>> -Jerry
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Gordon Alley <[email protected]
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > I also agree. My MD data file goes back to 1998, and is at 25MB now.
>> Every
>> > now and then I need to go back and check for some old transaction.
>> >
>> > -Gordon
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Tjalco P. van der Meij <[email protected]
>> > >wrote:
>> >
>> > > Greetings,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 25/01/2011 07:28, Edward Reid wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> At 1/24/2011 06:54 PM -0500, John B. Egger wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Somebody MUST be using this function... or does everyone just let
>> his
>> > >>> primary data file grow and grow?
>> > >>>
>> > >> I let mine grow. I see no point in trimming a personal financial
>> > >> record.
>> > >>
>> > > I agree and I also do not use the archiving function. My one  doubt
>> is,
>> > > whether the size of the file will eventually slow down the program. So
>> > far
>> > > that does not seem to be the case. My main .md file is 4 Mb which
>> > represents
>> > > more that ten years of bookkeeping.
>> > > It is the equivalent of 4 photographs so space is not a consideration.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Tjalco P. van der Meij\
>> > > presently at:
>> > > Groenendijk 106
>> > > 4587CZ Kloosterzande
>> > > the Netherlands
>> > > +31-114-851864
>>
>
>
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