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Hi Albare
Thanks for reading and commenting on the blog.
As David mentions, there was the option to keep all your information in v19, rather than purge it when you started a new financial year.
Purging was designed to keep file sizes small for better performance on desktops, but unless you actually followed up with optimising and verifying your company file, it didn't necessarily keep your file size small.
The new technology behind AccountRight allows for larger file sizes without slower performance, so you're less likely to need to remove the detail of transactions, even if you're working on your desktop. The Classic AccountRight was also built back when computers had a lot less storage capacity than they do now.
I will just stress though that hosting your file online gives you access to far more storage than your computer, which is another great reason for moving online.
Cheers,
Merrin