Thanks for the warning, Bruce!! Linda
-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: March 20, 2012 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dropbox and Legacy 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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