Hi Leon: Could you provide some basic guidance about how you initially set up your dropbox arrangements, especially with respect to photo locations. tks Wayne
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Paul Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Leon, > > I think what you are saying is that my statement that the DropBox folder > needs to be 'high up' in the folder structure is inaccurate. If I understand > you correctly, when you installed the Dropbox folder in the (default) My > Documents, Legacy worked equally well even when one computer was XP and the > others Windows 7. That is great, not what I would have thought, but great > nevertheless. > > As you know, the 'full path' to My Documents (or anything user specific) is > different between XP and Windows 7. > > So, just for final clarification. If on the Win7 machine you create a link in > Legacy to some multimedia file in My Documents/My Dropbox, it works (or > worked) equally well in your copy of Legacy on the XP machine. True? > > Paul Gray > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leon Chapman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: November-03-10 9:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] multimedia/pictures storage > > I have been using Dropbox for both my database and multimedia files > for about a year. I have had no problems on my Windows 7, 64 bit > machine. I set up the Dropbox folder in its default location: > > c:/My Documents/My Dropbox/ > > I have three computers that I sync the files across with no problem. > One machine was an XP, but I have since converted it to Windows 7. > > Dropbox files are also accessible on my iPhone and iPad. > > Dropbox provides an automatic (via syncing) backup of your critical > files to other computers. > You can also share files with family members by making folders public. > I do this to share pictures with my family. > > I couldn't do without DropBox - I love it. > Try it, you will like it. > > ___ > Leon Chapman > [email protected] > ----- > > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Paul Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe the best result will be achieved if both the working database and > > multimedia are in Dropbox, That way, all of the data (fdb file and > > multimedia) are kept in sync across two (or more) computers. Consequently, > > the links to multimedia would be to the Dropbox folder. > > > > I also think for this to work, the Dropbox folder needs to be 'high up' in > > the folder structure, much like C:/Legacy is. If it were at the user > > profile level (i.e. where 'My' Pictures, 'My' Documents are) there are more > > problems ensuring that the links are the same across two machines. For > > example, I think even if you have identical user names on two computers, > > the path to the user profile is slightly different in XP vs. Windows 7. > > That would be enough for the links to not work on one of the computers. > > > > A suggestion: > > > > Create the Dropbox folder in the root directory e.g. C:\Dropbox > > > > Move the following folders from C:\Legacy to C:\Dropbox > > Data, Docs, Pictures, Sounds, Videos > > > > If you set up the same structure on both computers, any changes to your > > Legacy file (including multimedia links) or the multimedia files themselves > > the Docs, Pictures, Sounds, and Video files should be reflected on both > > computers. > > > > You would need to tell Legacy that the location of the FDB file is now > > C:\Dropbox\Data.......whatever, and redo any multimedia links that you > > already have to the Dropbox folders, but after that should stay in sync > > between the two computers. > > > > Of course, I welcome any comments on this proposal. > > > > > > Paul Gray > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Meyer [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: November-02-10 11:12 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] multimedia/pictures storage > > > > Good point. The way I am setting it up now, my working database is in > > my Dropbox but I'm planning to copy all my multimedia to the > > c:legacy/docs (or pictures) folders. I would still keep my multimedia > > in backup folders in dropbox but the link would actually be to the > > C:legacy/folder Maybe it would be better to simply link to the > > dropbox? Of course, either way will work; the main point is that if > > you restore your backup at some point, the links will point to certain > > folders that may not exist on the "new" computer. If you have the 2nd > > computer set up exactly the same way, it should be fine; i.e., if > > everything is set up in dropbox, it seems like it would be ok. > > > > Hope to hear from others on this. Kathy > > > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Roger Grua <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sherry, > >> Could you comment on multimedia storage in light of the recent Dropbox > >> thread? I am strongly considering Dropbox to sych my desktop and laptop. > >> It sounds very easy, but what about the multimedia links?? Is there a > >> need to do a backup/restore to the Dropbox folder to preserve the > >> multimedia links?? Also, if the path to the Dropbox folder is different > >> on each computer will that cause a problem? > >> > >> Thanks for your help (and anyone else). > >> > >> Roger Grua > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 3:37 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] multimedia/pictures storage > >> > >> Kathy, > >> > >> There is a c:\Legacy\Docs folder for documents as well as > >> c:\Legacy\Videos and c:\Legacy\Sounds for those files. > >> > >> You can make sub-folders to further organize your pictures, documents, > >> sounds and videos. > >> > >> This really does keep everything together nicely if you have to > >> restore a backup or move files to a new computer. > >> > >> Files in the multimedia backup will be restored to the folders they > >> were in when you created the backup. This can pose a problem when > >> you're moving to a new or different computer and if you've kept those > >> files in the Documents folder because the file path will be different > >> on a new or different computer. You can relink the pictures but why > >> go to all that work if you can just save them in the respective > >> sub-folders in c:\Legacy? > >> > >> Only those files which are linked to in Legacy will be in the multimedia > >> backup. > >> > >> Some people like to save their data files and linked files to their > >> Document folder for easier backup, but you should have no problem > >> setting the c:\Legacy folder to backup also. That's how I handled my > >> Windows backup and the restore went just perfect after my recent > >> crash. > >> > >> > >> Sincerely, > >> Sherry > >> Technical Support > >> Legacy Family Tree > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I want to make sure I am understanding this properly before I progress > >>> much further. > >>> > >>> 1 - It is best to store all of our multimedia (pictures/documents) in > >>> the C:Legacy/Pictures folder > >>> 2 - We can store all of these things somewhere else on our HD but if > >>> we use Legacy on another computer, those items will need to be in an > >>> identical folder/file (i.e., Documents/Family History/Brown family or > >>> however we file our docs) > >>> 3 - If we back up our file, including multimedia, it is stored as a > >>> .zip file that we can unzip if necessary and all of our multimedia > >>> items will be salvaged there > >>> > >>> Is this correct? Thanks, Kathy > >> > >> > >> > >> Legacy User Group guidelines: > >> > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >> > >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > >> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > >> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >> > >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Legacy User Group guidelines: > >> > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >> > >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > >> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > >> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >> > >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Kathy Meyer > > "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things > > you have never before done." > > --Richard G. 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