To clarify, the problem discussed is for Legacy multimedia, but not for the fdb file. I have my fdb file in Documents and Settings/Bruce/My Documents/My Dropbox/Legacy/Data with no problem. Caveat! Make sure Legacy is closed on computer 1 before opening it on computer 2 & vice versa. Otherwise you will end up with "xxxx.fdb (computer a conflicted copy yyyy-mm-dd)"
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Linda Hauley <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, both, for your discussion on Dropbox. I had used it previously > for a group seminar where participants were all over North America and the > weeks’ lesson outlines were posted there with responses from the group. It > worked great! > > > > I didn’t think of using this tool for accessing Legacy data files, etc. > between my own computers and recently bought an external 500 GB Hard Drive > just to do this same thing. The only drawback is the limitation of 2 GB > being free – above that you have to pay a monthly fee. > > > > Linda J. Hauley > > Recycled Memories Family History Research > > GOONS Canada East Regional Representative > > VODDEN One Name Study > > Member #4335 > > > > > > From: Keith Allred [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: March 20, 2012 1:01 PM > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dropbox and Legacy > > > > Paul, you are exactly right. I had not thought of the problem that > installing dropbox into the users area on the computer would cause. Since > the embedded Legacy links are exact paths, as you describe, having dropbox > in the user area will cause the links to fail at least as long as the two > computers have different user names. Making two computers have the same > name on a home network may be impossible, but at a minimum would create real > problems. So, the your suggested resolution would do the trick. The April > 21 Legacy webinar Dropbox for Genealogists by Thomas MacEntee does not > address this problem. In fact, he suggests using the default location for > the dropbox install. There may be another solution, which I am exploring, > using the dropbox addon sync software that he discusses briefly in the > webinar. The thing that I have to confirm is that the dropbox addon sync > software sync's both ways. If it does, you can leave your ftb and picture > files whereever you want. Again, thanks to all for your replies. Keith > > > > From: Paul Gray <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:43 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dropbox and Legacy > > > Hi Keith, > > There are really two issues here. > > 1) Relinking all of your pictures to your new location in Dropbox. I have no > experience with this, but as others have said as long as they were in one > folder, and are now just in another folder (the Dropbox folder) there seems > to be a way for Legacy to 'find and relink' all photos from one folder to > another. Let us assume that you do this on your desktop. > > 2) However, the key to those links working between your desktop and laptop > is the location of the Dropbox folder on both the desktop and laptop. It > must be 'outside' of the user profile area (i.e. My Documents, My Pictures, > My Music, My Video). The best place for it is right up in the C:\ directory > e.g. C:\Dropbox. This is not the default installation of Dropbox. If you do > not select something different, Dropbox installs in My Documents on each > computer. > > The problem with putting Dropbox in My Documents is that the exact path to > it is usually different on two computers. For sure, if one computer is XP > and other Win 7, the path is different. If both are Win 7, the path will be > different if the user names are different on the two machines. > > Why is this a problem? Because Legacy will have links to the EXACT path on > the desktop, and if that exact path isn't on the laptop, it's "file not > found" > > If you put Dropbox right up in the C:\ directory on both computers, the > paths on both systems will be the same. > > If your Dropbox installation is in My Documents, you will want to correct it > first (on both systems) before you do any relinking. I must admit I don't > know how to do this. It may be as simple as using Windows explorer to move > the Dropbox folder. > > I have C:\Dropbox on my two computers. On both systems within that, I have a > Legacy Data folder (FDB and FSD files are in there) and a Genealogy Pics and > Genealogy Docs folders. Links work flawlessly on both. > > > Hope this helps, > > Paul Gray > > > From: Keith Allred [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: March-19-12 2:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Dropbox and Legacy > > I have just downloaded dropbox and installed it on my desktop and laptop > computers. I have been using Legacy for some time and have many pictures > that are located in my pictures folder in legacy. I have created numerous > links which link pictures to various individuals in legacy. Each link > creates a link with a given path designation (in my case, > Legacy/pictures/xxxx). When I created my dropbox folder, I dragged and > dropped the Legacy/pictures folder to my dropbox. So far, OK. I then used > dropbox on my laptop to download the pictures file in that is in my dropbox > folder on my desktop. But, how do I am I now able to use all of the links > that I have previously created? If, on the laptop, I go in Legacy to > Options, Customize, Locations and then change the location of my pictures > folder to my dropbox on my laptop, all of the links are useless. (I know > that if I had started out using my dropbox folder as my folder to which my > pictures were linked, all would be fine. But, I now have thousands of links > and do not want to reinvent the world.) Or do I have each time to download > what is in my dropbox to the Legacy/pictures folder to be able to use the > links. A simple way to solve the problem would be to have the dropbox > folder and the Legacy/pictures folder sinc each time a change is made to the > Legacy/Pictures folder. What is the solution to my problem? > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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 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). 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