Brian, You should never have Dropbox open on two machines at the same time, and I imagine that this applies to all sync. programs. In effect this means that if Legacy files are being stored in Dropbox then Legacy must not be open on more than one machine.
This information is included in the help files for Dropbox. BTW. a contested file, which is what is created in Dropbox when two files are open, is shown as such and the opportunity is given to select which to delete. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Brian Woolvett Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 2:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Help with Legacy on two computers A word of caution to all, this is from experience, I use Dropbox and Windows Live Mesh, both good however this scenario happened to me , I have a computer (A) and Laptop(B) I updated the data on (A) which then synced with the cloud! Logged onto (B) which then updated its data to the cloud and overwrote what I had just done, (luckily had a backup), the issue I found is that neither of these 2 products! Give the option of which way to sync the data assuming that you want to upload from your machine, unless there is a small print somewhere that I can’t see. For just backing up from say a backup folder absolutely brilliant. Brian Woolvett From: Walt Quering [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 5:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Legacy on two computers I also use SugarSync. If you change a file while offline, it will sync the file the next time you connect. It also works as a backup, although I keep multiple backups, both on-site and cloud-based. For simplicity's sake, I moved all of my files connected to Legacy (multi-media, etc.) into a single folder within SugarSync's Magic Briefcase folder, so all of my most essential files are kept in sync. Dropbox will also work, it you can live with its 2GB limit (I couldn't). On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: I am keeping the file in Sugar Sync's Magic Briefcase which keeps the file available and in sync at all times, available to any computer I am on. Downside is you need an internet connection to be sure they are in sync. [I have had some internet connection issues in various locations on my current trip.] Any of the cloud file sharing programs, like DropBox or Windows SkyDrive for example, would work. Be sure to keep a copy of the file on your computer. Sugar Sync does that, not sure on all the others but Windows SkyDrive does not as far as I know. 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
