That doesn't make much sense. What would be the point of backing up your multimedia files if it only contains a link to where they are located? I would assume the data backup for Legacy does that already.
The only thing I'm not sure about is whether the backup retains the same folder names that it backed up from, or does it just dump all of the media files into one folder. I've never tried it with Legacy, but FTM restores all images to the same folder which I always hated since I keep my images organized by category or person's surname. That's why I always back up my original uncompressed media folders frequently and a Legacy media backup after linking a bunch of images then delete the older ones. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: George/Kathy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] restoring a back up Forrest, This is how I understand the process... Legacy doesn’t actually make a copy of your pictures and save them in the multimedia backup. Legacy saves a list of links or pointers to where the pictures are stored on your computer. If you have legacy on two different computers then the pictures have to be in the exact same place on each of those computers so that when legacy wants to display a particular picture it looks at the pointer and knows where to look for the picture. George Davis 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
