Yes, I definitely wouldn't keep anything in Dropbox that you could lose for whatever reason. I used to and changed my mind about it. Now I only keep my shared folders and portable apps there. But I also backup My Dropbox to my external hard-drives.
Dropbox, by the way, is a more complicated way of using Legacy than say, SugarSync, where you don't have to move your files from their original locations. I don't know if they have also have a time limit for keeping your files, but if they do, your originals are still on your pc where you first installed them. SugarSync is only a backup and may be also there for the convenience of syncing to another computer. In any case, if your files disappeared from SugarSync they'd still be on both your computers. I don't use cloud services for backup. For that I use external hard-drives. As convenient as the cloud can be I don't like the thought of someone else having access to and control over my personal files. So I only use them for collaboration as needed. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 8/8/2012 7:32 PM, Ian GARDENER wrote: > Hi, > > I currently have all my legacy files, both multimedia & data, in my > dropbox. > > I have also just become aware that if I don’t access my dropbox for 90 > days, the dropbox people may > > delete my files from their server. If I then use my pc, dropbox will > automatically delete the files on my pc too. > > This has all been verified to me by the dropbox help people. SCARY !! > > So I still like the idea of dropbox but what I’m thinking of doing now > is moving all my legacy files back into a > > normal docs folder and then using syncback to keep an updated copy of > those files in my dropbox. That way > > even if they got deleted from the dropbox folder, I still have my > totally up to date files. Does anyone see any > > problems with this? I couldn’t imagine it will muck up legacy in any way. > > ALSO before anyone brings it up, yes it is highly possible I could be > away from my pc for extended times. I > > Have an ongoing battle with recurring brain tumours and last time I was > in hospital for 7 months learning to > > use my limbs again. > > As I say, I don’t forsee any problems but I fugure it’s safer to throw > it out there to see what other legacy users think. > > Cheers > > Ian GARDENER > > Australia > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5188 - Release Date: 08/08/12 > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
