From John's description, Carbonite sounds very similar to Dropbox in the way it works to synchronise when the device/computer is online.
If you only have the free space at Dropbox, you're going to be limited in what you can put there. Perhaps you could subscribe to Carbonite as well, and keep your Legacy file in one, and the backups in the other - that way you've got an extra layer of protection built in that you don't have to think about, since it's working automatically. There are ways to get more free space at Dropbox - click on the "Get Started" link on the left at the Dropbox.com home page - you'll need to be logged into your account. Check out whether Carbonite and others do something similar to make the most of the utility. Especially, if your friends sound interested in it, get an invitation to join Dropbox sent from your account - you both get more free space when the invitation is accepted. I've been using Dropbox for a while now, and have 19.25GB of free space. That's along with the 100GB I pay for! I keep all documents, data files, etc there. I have a second account (using a different email address) for my mobile phone, which has only 3.63MB of free space. There's not enough room on the 2GB memory card in my phone to carry my other account, so I share particular folders between the two to keep "vital" files on my phone should I need them. The Android version of Dropbox has a great feature for automatically uploading the photos taken on the device, too, which can be configured to "WiFi-only" if the device also has the ability to connect to the mobile network, saving on your data allowance if you choose that option. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Elizabeth Hatchell said the following on 9/12/2013 11:48 a.m.: > Thanks, John. Tomorrow I will look at Carbonite and take your advice. > Thanks again. > Elizabeth > > > On 8 December 2013 20:46, John B. Lisle <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Elizabeth, et al, > > Backup twice every day. > > Carbonite is a cloud service that is continually backing up when > you are connected to the internet. I like it because if I am > travelling or visiting friends with my PC, PC is getting backed > up. I do not even have to think about it. > > I also have a local hard drive backup with a hard drive called > "Click Free". It also just operates in the background, but only > when I am home. This gives me a backup that I can access to > restore quickly. The Carbonite backup might take a while, over the > internet, to restore large amounts of files. > > Today, there are a lot of options to assure you do not lose your work. > > john. > 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
