MJ SA, please be very clear and precise when you use the terms 'backup' or 'save'. As Ron, Doug, and others have been saying, your .ftb family file is updated (saved to disk) constantly as you use Legacy. Your backup .zip file is only made when you request it (normally upon exit), and only needed if you have to create a family file by restoring a backup. Hopefully never. :-)
Contrary to Gene's advise, I do like the option of keeping the current, live family file on my thumb drive. If I use two computers, I must carry the thumb drive back and forth, but I always know where the latest version is. If you do this, however, make sure to specify the location for the backups to be on the hard drive of the current computer, not on the thumb drive. Ward -----Original Message----- From: Gene Young Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 5:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy problems On 11/22/2012 3:21 PM, MJ SA wrote: > I was doing a bunch of searches, than I did the search modified by > date and thank God it has the time on it, so I found it and this did > have the additions made last night. Thank you so much!!!! > > Before I do anything, I want to make sure I do this correctly. > Options-General- I chose Open Last file used automatically. NO! If you save it to the thumb drive to "back it up" and you choose open last file, it will not be able to find it unless the thumb drive is inserted. You should set it to always open the specific file on your hard drive that you want to work with. Options > Customize > General Tab > Starting Family File select always open this file and choose your file from the drop down list. After you close the file, use windows explorer top copy and paste the file to the thumb drive. > Now on the various ways to save it on the computer and my thumb > drives, so I can put it on my new laptop (Windows 8). I am not > shutting this computer until I get it right. > After copying the file to the thumb drive, move the thumb drive to the new computer and copy and paste the file to the location you desire and repeat the above steps on the new computer. -- Gene Young 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
