And I found boxes asking whether to overwrite or not. Click on merge, select your profiles click merge, and the backup reminder in that window offers the two options. There are also boxes for the options of "always". You might know which one I chose.
I just put someone on the merge, did nothing about the second person, closed it and the undo merge option is even then under edit. On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree....@gmail.com>wrote: > I still dont understand? > > Tools>Merge> > has three options > >Manual Merge > >Find Duplicates > >Not Dup List > > I dont see an edit > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Orinda Spence <crazypie...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> It is on the merge menu under edit. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree < >> 1familytree....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Orinda, >>> >>> I am concerned that you think there is an UNDO button? >>> >>> Can you explain what you think that is? >>> >>> ay >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Orinda Spence <crazypie...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>> <kmthoms...@gmail.com>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 <crazypie...@gmail.com> 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. 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