I will add my support to the Dropbox recommendation. Have used it for years and it is awesome. So versatile to be able to access it anywhere and save things to your own Dropbox account from anywhere else. Don't forget the warning about opening the same account in two places. Kathy
On Monday, September 9, 2013, Wendy Howard wrote: > That all sounds perfectly fine, and exactly what I would do if I had two > working computers. I have my data file (and everything else I want to > backup) in Dropbox. > > The only rider is that you should take care to never open the same file > in two machines at the same time. > > If you have an Android smart phone or iPhone/iPad, you could > alternatively use that to carry your data around with you using the > Families app. Might be less cumbersome, though the laptop has its uses, > too. http://www.telgen.co.uk/families/index.html > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > > Kathy Thompson said the following on 10/09/2013 12:56 p.m.: > > Aside from installing Legacy on both machines, is there any other > > thing I need to do to enable this to happen successfully? > > Will saving my main Legacy database file in a cloud storage (like > > Dropbox) be enough? > > > > I'm finding I'm using too much paper when going to the library to do > > research, and the other day I got there and found I didn't have > > information with me that I knew I wanted to look up. > > Taking the laptop would solve both those issues. > > > > Thanks. > > > > 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
