I was backing my tree up on a thumb drive and it worked fine. But now I am at a different location and I think I updated this computer to the new legacy and the laptop I travel with.
I saw someone saying something about a Dropbox, what is that? I am glad this is an international forum, anyone from Sicily or Italy, lol, I have to ask, you never know where you can meet distant relations. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Wendy Howard <wendy.how...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Wendy, someone suggested I start all over and I did. It seems to be >> ok on the computer I am using now, I also have a laptop and haven't >> loaded the tree on that one yet. >> >> I would buy the cd training videos, but I can't afford to do that now. >> I definitely need to find a webinar that teaches me how to do the >> basics, and what they mean. Like .fdb and stuff like that :) > > Ron's given you some excellent advice since my last post - you should > pay attention to what he says - he's good at this stuff. > > The other point I wanted to make was that you have another great tool at > your fingertips to help you find out about the things you're unsure > about - this mailing list. If you're wondering what something in Legacy > means, or how to do something, post here and ask us about it. > > This is an international forum, and no matter what the time of day there > is bound to be someone checking their mail and may be able to reply. If > not, it won't be long before someone can. > > For sharing your Legacy file between computers there's more than one way > you can approach it (as there usually is with Legacy!)... > > My preference is to save the backup to a Dropbox folder. When I want to > switch to a different machine to the one I normally use, I restore the > latest backup to that machine. If I did any work on it while I'm on > this alternate computer, I would then backup to Dropbox again, and then > restore that backup on the other machine. I tend not to do that often, > usually I only want to look something up on the other machine while I'm > away from the 'normal' one. > > You could also copy the files associated with your family tree to a > memory stick and transfer them that way. Or if your computers are > networked you could probably do something with that - beyond my > experience at the moment, but no doubt possible. > > Whatever method you use, be aware of any implications (such as > forgetting which machine has the current version of your file) and work > to prevent any failings in that department. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Kind Regards, > Wendy Howard > New Zealand > > > > 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
