I think this must have changed. I have a SkyDrive folder on my computer with files in it, and I don't see any reason I couldn't put Legacy there if I wanted to.
As it is I have Legacy synced to SugarSync and my other computer and Legacy backups in Dropbox and all is well. It looks like I could change this around to SkyDrive though if I preferred. Am I missing something? --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 6/28/2012 6:27 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Yes, A few years ago I used Skydrive for storage only i.e. backup. In that > context it works well, I now use Dropbox for my current files and, hence it > is also there as a backup. > > The reason you cannot use the Skydrive files on Legacy is that they are not > on your machine, which Legacy demands; with Dropbox they still are, of > course, and Dropbox synchronises the ones in your files (on however machines > you have them) with that in the Cloud, Skydrive does not. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] File locations > > For some time I've been using DROPBOX for a repository for the photos and > other documents for use in Legacy. > > Recently I came across an alternative to DROPBOX that I decided to > try....Microsoft's SKYDRIVE. Reviewing the specs for it it seems to serve > the same function as DROPBOX, but you get twice the storage space (7 gb > vs 2 gb) for the same price...FREE! I installed it and have been playing > around with it using a PLAY VERSION of my master Legacy database. > > As noted the first thing I did was make a copy of my master Legacy file > to a new location from the real one. I used the EXPORT - Legacy File > option rather than using the EXPORT - GEDCOM option. > Next I copied a few photos from the hundreds I have to this same new > location to use for testing purposes. > > Then I opened the Legacy PLAY VERSION went to OPTIONS - Customize - > Locations and changed the PICTURE FILE to the path to SKYDRIVE where I > put my test photos and SAVED. Nowhere was there a reference to the path > for the REAL photo file. > > I was surprised to find that photos of individuals NOT in the test photo > file still show up! When I edit one of them it still shows the path to > the real file, not the SKYDRIVE path. I would have thought, and was > assuming, any photos not in the test file would have the ? and message > "file not found"! > > I went to an individual in the PLAY Legacy version who had a photo in the > PLAY photo file and attempted to add their photo again. After clicking on > the Picture Gallery Icon on the FAMILY screen; Picture and redirecting > the path to the SKYDRIVE folder for the Test Photos I added a picture > from that Test group. When I EDIT that new addition it (correctly) > identifies the path as being that of the SKYDRIVE folder. > > The question/issus here is ONE - why do the REAL photos remain in tact? > TWO why isn't everything directed to the new location path I specified in > the OPTIONS? > > I just want to be SURE this SKYDRIVE thing works before (possibly) > committing everything to this new cloud repository procedure only to find > out it's not working like I thought/assumed. > > Anybody have any thoughts or experience using SKYDRIVE?? > > gc > > > > > 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 > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5097 - Release Date: 06/27/12 > > > 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
