I had both of the boxes checked. I may have checked them this afternoon. Everything is working just like I wanted it to work this afternoon, so I must have checked them when I was so frustrated. Now, to redo all the input. Thank you so much. Orinda
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Kathy Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > When you go to back up your file, on that pop-up window there should be an > OPTIONS button right next to the Backup button > > Click on OPTIONS and then select Append Date &/or Append Time to default > backup file name > > With both selected you can back up 10 times in the one minute and not > overwrite another backup because each will have the unique time added. > > If you already have these selected, please provide further details so that > we might be able to help further > > > > On 5 December 2013 16:40, Orinda Spence <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am new at Legacy and have just started using Legacy 7.5. When I can do >> it without a big deal, I will upgrade. Until then. >> >> I using 7.5 and can not stop Legacy from overwriting when I backup my >> family file or exit Legacy. Help says there should be options to not >> overwrite, I can not find that screen that gives that option. >> >> This is my story, I was frustrated. I spent the afternoon inputting some >> long lost ancestors that I had found. For some reason, when I clicked undo >> to undo an input, I lost the whole afternoon's work. Then, I thought, I >> will just go get that other backup. There was nothing there except today's >> date and the time of closing file. We have to close the family file to >> restore a file. So, when I closed it backed up and overwrote by previous >> file. >> >> Looking at my backup files, I see that at one time in September 2013, it >> was not overwriting. I don't know why I lost the no overwrite feature. >> >> Can anyone tell me why I can't find the proper screen to tell it to quit >> overwriting? >> >> Orinda >> >> >> 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
