Thanks, Wendy. It looks as though Carbonite is in the US whereas I am based in England. A bit of research and I've found Copy which I might look at. Bedtime now!
On 8 December 2013 23:16, Wendy Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > 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
