I don't use dropbox orany cloud function for backup purposes, it's there so I can sychnronise the three different machines I use. I back up Legacy to an external HD each time I exit the program but I have many other files that are not part of legacy, ebooks, references, all sorts of things. They all get backed up to HD too but a while back I upgraded my laptop and when I went to restore files from the hd, it was dead. Luckily I also do an occasional backup to CD.
BUT my question is not in regard to backups, it relates to synching pc's automatically whenever they are turned on. This response is not necessarily to you only, I'm trying to answer a few points from different people in one response so as not to crowd the thread. BTW thanks for your kind thoughts. I have limited mobility and some memory issues but in 2008 I was effectively quadriplegic although my arms started to work again after a month. Also my family has twice been told to prepare for my death on the operating table, I even clinically died twice during one 15 hour operation. Yet here I am 2 years after being paralysed, I have a beautiful daughter (our 4th child) fathered after the first time I was supposed to die. I have full use of my right side, reasonable use of my left arm and I can walk 500 metres with just a walking stick. I'm quite at peace with where and what I am. In fact any reasonable person would be imo, IF they had spent so long in hospital & saw so many poor kids going through it. Now that's cruel for both the kids and their family & friends. :) -----Original Message----- From: Charani [mailto:charan...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2012 7:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback Ian GARDENER wrote: > 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!! Yikes!! Scary isn't the word for it!! I find that absolutely appalling a third party can delete files off your own computer. Having watched the webinar for the cloud, I decided it wasn't for me. This confirms it most definitely isn't! > 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. Have you considered using a blogging site such as Wordpress to upload all your data? The advantage with Wordpress is that you can mark the file Private so no one else has access to it unless you want them to. Or to somewhere like Spanglefish? I have my files backed up on the first of each month to three external hard drives which also have the program itself installed on them. Two stay with me (in different places in the house) and the other is kept by a trusted friend. That way, if anything happens, I will have at least one backup. If anything happens to me, my friend has a backup from which one of my children or another family member can carry on my research. Nothing is lost. > 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. Ouch! Not funny at all! :(( I sincerely hope something can be done to stop the wretched tumours recurring and you can regain your health. Hugs to you > 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. See above -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk 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
