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title: 'Frequently Asked Questions'
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---
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- **Q.** *Can I use the mobile apps with my self hosted version of Actual?*
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**A.** No, the mobile applications are deprecated, the community however is working on a responsive
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version of Actual Web [PR#79](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/79)
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- **Q.** *Can I sync my bank to Actual automatically?*
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**A.** At the moment no, but this is currently under development.
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See [PR#53](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server/pull/53)
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- **Q.** *Can I import my Actual Budget from the hosted instance of Actual to my Self Hosted version*
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**A.** Yes, this has been added to the web version recently, we made a [guide for exporting](/Installing/fly/Fly-git#exporting-data-from-actual)
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and then [one for importing](/Installing/fly/Fly-git#importing-data-into-actual)
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- **Q.** *How do I update my version of Actual after it has been updated?*
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**A.** That depends how you’re hosting it.
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- PikaPods seems to refresh their image automatically.
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- Actual builds and publishes an updated docker image on each merge.
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- If you're on Fly.io we have a [guide for that too](/Installing/fly/Fly-git#updating-actual).
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- **Q.** *How do I make sure my data on Fly.io isn't deleted when I update?*
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**A.** We have a guide for you [here](/Installing/fly/Fly-git#persisting-the-data-in-fly)
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- **Q.** *I have deployed actual to Fly.io but I am being charged, why is this?*
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**A.** While we wouldn’t know for certain without seeing your configuration, it is likely that during
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deployment you created a Postgres database. Actual doesn’t need this so you can just delete it and
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charges should then stop.
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- **Q.** *I'm new to budgeting and learned with nYNAB. I'm not completely clear on how to handle credit
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cards. I largely charge almost everything to them for rewards and pay off in full. How do I track
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what's available/budgeted for per payment?*
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**A.** So here's a way to think about it that may be helpful: When you "give every dollar a job," we
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need to define what dollars we're talking about.
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In nYNAB's view, the dollars you're giving jobs to are the dollars you have in your cash accounts;
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some of them have the job of paying off your credit card. So when you go to make a credit card
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payment, you draw from that category; when you make a purchase on the card, you need to move an
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equivalent amount into the payment category.
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In Actual's view, credit cards are equal to your bank accounts, but they contain negative dollars.
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What you budget is the *net* number of dollars you have -- cash minus debt. When you spend on the
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credit card, you're spending money by adding negative dollars into the mix, and the money leaves
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your categories.
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When you pay on the card, you're letting positive dollars and negative dollars touch each other --
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they go *poof* but don't change your budget because the number of *total* dollars hasn't changed.
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Where Actual gets more complicated is if you're carrying a balance you can't afford to pay off yet.
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In that case, you need to keep some negative dollars from touching positive dollars by sticking them
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in a category. Actual's default assumption is that you can pay off any card in full at any time and
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not touch your budget to do it. (Credit: evequefou)
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