File|Restore Family File
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Sharon Burns <[email protected]>wrote: > I do all of my data entry on one computer which includes my family and my > husbands family. I have not entered photographs etc. yet. Transferred the > data from another program by GEDCOM. > I backup, copy and paste the backup to USB flash drives. I have the > program installed on my husbands desk top computer. > I then copy and paste the backup file into the data file in the program > on his computer. > Have read the manual and cannot find the last step to get the program > to read the backup file. Would appreciate information about the last step. > Thanks, Sharon Burns > > Sharon > > > On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:57 PM, "Wendy Howard" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Dee, > > > > That depends entirely on the recipient, and what they've got at hand, > > and how much you want to share with them. > > > > If they are readily online and are using Legacy, and you want to share > > the whole contents of your Legacy file*, put you can put your .fdb file > > (or a backup) into a Dropbox folder (or some other cloud storage > > facility) and either share the folder or a link to it with the other > person. > > > > (Dropbox makes it easy to share a link to a file or folder with another > > person - who does not need to be a Dropbox subscriber - which gives them > > the ability to view and download the file, without giving them the > > ability to make changes to that file, which would then affect the copy > > on your own computer.) > > > > * You can, of course, make a copy of your original file and edit it to > > remove data that you don't want to share with that person, then share > > that edited file with them. > > > > Since the Standard edition of Legacy is free, the only impediment to > > sharing the .fdb file is the other person's willingness to download and > > install the program. > > > > If they don't use (or want to use) Legacy, then you'll need to export a > > GEDCOM file and send/share that in some way so they can import it into > > whatever program they use. > > > > If you want to also share all the photos and documents, etc, that you've > > linked to in your database file, you will probably want to run a full > > Legacy backup (including multimedia files) and share that with them in > > some way. > > > > If the other person doesn't use the internet, or has a slow connection > > or limited data allocation, you may be better off burning it all to a CD > > and sending that to them. > > > > I haven't covered everything here, but I'd need to know more about what > > the other person has at their end to be more specific. > > > > Hope this helps. :-) > > > > Kind Regards, > > Wendy > > > > > > Dee Ziegler said the following on 19/11/2013 5:36 p.m.: > >> What's the easier way to share a Legacy file, data only, by gedcom or > >> on a CD? Or is there another way, as an attachment? Should the > >> recipient download the standard version of Legacy first? I tried to > >> read the instructions (which emphasize multimedia) but am confused. > >> Thanks. Dee > > > > > > > > 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
