Paul it is a combination of multiple computers for me and also two other users. I had hoped with competition for features on different products ww would have had this feature by now. The fact that legacy are still using a mailing list shows I was probably irrational in my optimism.
If I continue to use legacy intellishare seems the only option. Mark --- Original Message --- From: "Paul Gray" <[email protected]> Sent: 21 April 2013 10:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] synchronise databases Mark, Bottom line, I'm not aware of any genealogical program that supports true synchronization, i.e. copying *updates only* from the database where they are created to other linked databases. What is your situation? Do you have multiple researchers collaborating on a single project, or is it a single user (you) trying to keep multiple computers (e.g. desktop and laptop) up to date? If it's multiple users (I'm assuming it is since you mentioned Intellishare), I can see why you would not want to use Dropbox since you have to be very careful to prevent user A from overwriting User B's updates. Just too dangerous.... Legacy's Intellishare is the best option I know of for having multiple users update files without worrying about what other users are doing and then merging the results. Other than that, I think your only option is some kind of centralized online file such as an Ancestry member tree, but you lose a lot of features (e.g. virtually no reports) that way. If it's just you updating multiple computers, then I don't know what the objection is to Dropbox or one of it's cousins. Paul Gray From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] synchronise databases Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:03:21 +0800 With ver 7 is there some way I can do true synchronisation of the legacy database without using intellishare or something like dropbox? I am NOT looking for a solution such as dropbox or drive which simply copies the entire database from one place to another. I know there is Intellishare but this seems very outdated. To, in my case, have to merge two databases back to a master and then copy the updated master back to the other two computers (manually) seems ridiculous. Surely there is some genealogy program that does real synchronisation. For me, this one feature far outways many other fancy features that I never use. If Legacy does not support synchronisation, is there any other program that does? Mark 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 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 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
