Paul & Kathy, Sorry, I thought that bit would be taken as understood. You are correct Kathy, I was stating where I have the DropBox folder in which I have the Legacy .fdb file. I don't back-up nor store my multimedia files for Legacy, preferring to use the normal windows back-ups for them.
Ron Ferguson http:/www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] multimedia/pictures storage You do need the Dropbox folder; I don't think he added that part in the email. I think what he's trying to say is that you can place the Dropbox folder anywhere on your computer and it works just fine; i.e., you can put it C:legacy/Mydropbox or My Documents/MyDropbox or on a flash drive as in his example but then it would be F:MyDropbox or F: mydocuments/Mydropbox or whatever. I THINK that's what he was saying.....I guess that does make sense; the dropbox program learns where you have stored its file on each computer. I'll send you a link to dropbox personally if you want; you can get extra storage space for free that way. Kathy On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Paul Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. I'm busted. I don't have Dropbox, but made my comments based on > extensive review of the documentation. I am very interested in > implementing it or a similar program to keep my home system and netbook in > sync for genealogy files. I have clearly misunderstood how it works. > > I thought that Dropbox worked by having all of the files in a special > Dropbox folder. In other words, for it to work the .fdb file, and any > multimedia files, needed to be in the Dropbox folder on all connected > machines. The 'result' of that would be that the files would not be in > C:\Legacy\Data or anywhere else other than the Dropbox folder. > > Clearly, you have the files in three different places, none of them a > Dropbox folder (I don't see Dropbox in the path anywhere) folder, and it > works.. > > I'll defer to the experts from this point on. > > Paul Gray > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: November-03-10 1:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] multimedia/pictures storage > > Paul, > > Leon is correct. I have DropBox installed on 3 machines: a Windows7 with > my > Legacy data placed in the User folder; a Vista Laptop with it placed in > C:\Legacy\Data and and XP PC where it is in F:\Legacy\Data, F being an > external drive. It works perfectly. > > The point is that Legacy is installed on each of the machines, and all one > is changing is the content of the .fdb file and not its position in the > Windows tree, i.e. its path on each machine. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Gray > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 6:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] multimedia/pictures storage > > 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 >>> >> -- >> Kathy Meyer >> "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things >> you have never before done." >> --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 >> >> Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting >> different results. ~ Albert Einstein > > >-- 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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